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, 6 tomasHopkins & Earle, 1809 |
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... Idea of Natural Language .. SECTION II . Natural Language is improved in Poetry , by the Use of Poetical Words . SECTION III . Natural Language is improved in Poetry , by Means of Tropes and Figures . CHAPTER II . Of Poetical Language ...
... Idea of Natural Language .. SECTION II . Natural Language is improved in Poetry , by the Use of Poetical Words . SECTION III . Natural Language is improved in Poetry , by Means of Tropes and Figures . CHAPTER II . Of Poetical Language ...
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... idea of that quality of language which we express by the epithet natural . That some modes of lan- guage are more natural than others , and that one mode may be natural at one time which at another would be unnatural , must be evident ...
... idea of that quality of language which we express by the epithet natural . That some modes of lan- guage are more natural than others , and that one mode may be natural at one time which at another would be unnatural , must be evident ...
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... ideas that occupy his mind , and to the lan- guage he has been accustomed to speak and hear : and if a poet , who had occasion to intro- duce these characters in a comedy , were to give the same uniform colour of language to them all ...
... ideas that occupy his mind , and to the lan- guage he has been accustomed to speak and hear : and if a poet , who had occasion to intro- duce these characters in a comedy , were to give the same uniform colour of language to them all ...
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... ideas does not naturally attend to such as are trifling ; * and , while actu- ated by admiration , and other important emo- tions , will not be apt to turn its view to those things that provoke contempt or laughter . Such we suppose the ...
... ideas does not naturally attend to such as are trifling ; * and , while actu- ated by admiration , and other important emo- tions , will not be apt to turn its view to those things that provoke contempt or laughter . Such we suppose the ...
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... idea , nor could there any need of a new word or new phrase to express it : though a poet , no doubt , on account of his verse , or on some other account , might choose to express it by a figure , rather than by its proper name . Come ...
... idea , nor could there any need of a new word or new phrase to express it : though a poet , no doubt , on account of his verse , or on some other account , might choose to express it by a figure , rather than by its proper name . Come ...
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