Eighteenth-century English Literature: Modern Essays in CriticismJames Lowry Clifford Oxford University Press, 1959 - 351 Seiten |
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... true only for the trivial forms of wit embodied in fancy or conceit ; but as for true wit , which is propriety , why , that requires method not only to give perspicuity and harmony of parts , but also to insure that each detail will ...
... true only for the trivial forms of wit embodied in fancy or conceit ; but as for true wit , which is propriety , why , that requires method not only to give perspicuity and harmony of parts , but also to insure that each detail will ...
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... true wit , we see , sense , liveliness , and worthy expression might coalesce . So likewise it appeared in the opinion of the great Robert Boyle , who remarked that wit , ' that nimble and acceptable Faculty of the Mind , ' involves ...
... true wit , we see , sense , liveliness , and worthy expression might coalesce . So likewise it appeared in the opinion of the great Robert Boyle , who remarked that wit , ' that nimble and acceptable Faculty of the Mind , ' involves ...
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... true of The Bard . Here Gray tries to write dramatically ; he addresses us in the person of a medieval druid about to commit suicide . Such a role does not suit him . Gray was excited by reading about druids ; but he was not at all like ...
... true of The Bard . Here Gray tries to write dramatically ; he addresses us in the person of a medieval druid about to commit suicide . Such a role does not suit him . Gray was excited by reading about druids ; but he was not at all like ...
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THE GLOOM OF THE TORY SATIRISTS | 3 |
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON HIS IMAGERY | 21 |
THE ESSAY ON CRITICISM | 42 |
Urheberrecht | |
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