Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism: On Poetry and Musick, as They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition; on the Utility of Classical Learning, Tom 6Hopkins & Earle, 1809 |
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... passion which it is for the most part ob- served to accompany . In this acceptation , na- tural language is contradistinguished to those articulate voices to which the name of speech has been appropriated ; and which are also uni ...
... passion which it is for the most part ob- served to accompany . In this acceptation , na- tural language is contradistinguished to those articulate voices to which the name of speech has been appropriated ; and which are also uni ...
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... passions ; so neither will that style which is most natural to him be always uniform , but may be energetick or languid , abrupt or equable , figurative or plain , according to the passions or sentiments that may happen to predominate ...
... passions ; so neither will that style which is most natural to him be always uniform , but may be energetick or languid , abrupt or equable , figurative or plain , according to the passions or sentiments that may happen to predominate ...
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... passions , as well as the peculiar nature of the thoughts that may happen to occupy the mind . Horace seems to have had this in view , when he said , that “ if what is spoken on the 66 stage shall be unsuitable to the fortunes of the ...
... passions , as well as the peculiar nature of the thoughts that may happen to occupy the mind . Horace seems to have had this in view , when he said , that “ if what is spoken on the 66 stage shall be unsuitable to the fortunes of the ...
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... passions , will sometimes give wonderful sublimity to the style even of a peasant or of a savage . So that the style of tragedy , notwithstanding its elevation , may be as various as the characters and passions of men , and may yet in ...
... passions , will sometimes give wonderful sublimity to the style even of a peasant or of a savage . So that the style of tragedy , notwithstanding its elevation , may be as various as the characters and passions of men , and may yet in ...
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... passions are well expressed , and the characters well drawn , a tragick poet needs not fear , that he shall be found fault with for the elegance of his language : though no doubt a great master will always know how to proportion the ...
... passions are well expressed , and the characters well drawn , a tragick poet needs not fear , that he shall be found fault with for the elegance of his language : though no doubt a great master will always know how to proportion the ...
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