LECTURES ON RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES: IN THREE VOLUMES.W. STRACHAN, 1785 |
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... fufficient to form an orator . Suppofing natural genius to be favourable , more by a great deal will de- pend upon private application and study , than upon any system of inftruction that is capable of being publicly communicated . But ...
... fufficient to form an orator . Suppofing natural genius to be favourable , more by a great deal will de- pend upon private application and study , than upon any system of inftruction that is capable of being publicly communicated . But ...
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... is no fuch living standard , no one person to whom all mankind will allow fuch fubmiffion to be due , what is there of fufficient authority to be the ftandard of the various II . various and oppofite Taftes of men ? Moft 38 TAST E.
... is no fuch living standard , no one person to whom all mankind will allow fuch fubmiffion to be due , what is there of fufficient authority to be the ftandard of the various II . various and oppofite Taftes of men ? Moft 38 TAST E.
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... fufficient for us to reft upon , is , that Tafte is far from being an ar- bitrary principle , which is fubject to the fancy of every individual , and which admits of no criterion for determining whether it be false or true . Its ...
... fufficient for us to reft upon , is , that Tafte is far from being an ar- bitrary principle , which is fubject to the fancy of every individual , and which admits of no criterion for determining whether it be false or true . Its ...
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... fufficient to found a general theory : It is enough to have given this view of the nature and dif- ferent kinds of Sublime Objects ; by which I hope to have laid a proper foundation for dif cuffing , with greater accuracy , the Sublime ...
... fufficient to found a general theory : It is enough to have given this view of the nature and dif- ferent kinds of Sublime Objects ; by which I hope to have laid a proper foundation for dif cuffing , with greater accuracy , the Sublime ...
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... fufficiently attended to . It has , however , fuch a foundation in nature , as ren- ders the least deflexion from it ... fufficient to deftroy the whole charm . This is owing to the nature of the emotion aimed at by Sublime description ...
... fufficiently attended to . It has , however , fuch a foundation in nature , as ren- ders the least deflexion from it ... fufficient to deftroy the whole charm . This is owing to the nature of the emotion aimed at by Sublime description ...
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