Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious Narratives, with Observations on Some of the Most EminentMundell, 1805 - 174 páginas |
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... compositions .. 44 PART II . Design Epic poetry . Homer Virgil .. Milton Ossian . Prose fictions Xenophon .. Romances of Chivalry • French Writers of fiction ... Fenelon ... Le Sage Rousseau .. 49 50 ib . 55 60 61 .63 • ib . .66 72 73 ...
... compositions .. 44 PART II . Design Epic poetry . Homer Virgil .. Milton Ossian . Prose fictions Xenophon .. Romances of Chivalry • French Writers of fiction ... Fenelon ... Le Sage Rousseau .. 49 50 ib . 55 60 61 .63 • ib . .66 72 73 ...
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... composition , it is by no means my intention to represent fiction as a very eligible substi- tute . For the resemblance which it bears to truth can hardly ever be so exact , as that truth itself must not still be preferable . However ...
... composition , it is by no means my intention to represent fiction as a very eligible substi- tute . For the resemblance which it bears to truth can hardly ever be so exact , as that truth itself must not still be preferable . However ...
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... composition is generally objected to , as not capable of exciting a sufficient de- gree of interest . For this objection , there has hitherto , no doubt , been some ground . So long as this is the case , fiction may , in some degree ...
... composition is generally objected to , as not capable of exciting a sufficient de- gree of interest . For this objection , there has hitherto , no doubt , been some ground . So long as this is the case , fiction may , in some degree ...
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... be the pur- pose for which it is best adapted , and where its place can be completely supplied by no other species of composition . On it , therefore , I shall treat at somewhat greater length than on the two 17 Objections answered.
... be the pur- pose for which it is best adapted , and where its place can be completely supplied by no other species of composition . On it , therefore , I shall treat at somewhat greater length than on the two 17 Objections answered.
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... composition . The virtues and vices of the character are apt to be con- founded together ; the one throwing a sort of borrowed lustre over the other . History abounds with examples of men who have been betrayed into follies , and even ...
... composition . The virtues and vices of the character are apt to be con- founded together ; the one throwing a sort of borrowed lustre over the other . History abounds with examples of men who have been betrayed into follies , and even ...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
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