Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryVicesimus Knox J. Johnson, 1808 - 1 من الصفحات An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... rules I am laying down . Fellon . 103. A Recapitulation . I shall make no formal recapitulation of what I have delivered . Out of all these rules together , rises a just style , and a per- fect composition . All the latitude that can be ...
... rules I am laying down . Fellon . 103. A Recapitulation . I shall make no formal recapitulation of what I have delivered . Out of all these rules together , rises a just style , and a per- fect composition . All the latitude that can be ...
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... rules of syntax ; in poetry , those of metre ; in music , those of harmo- ny ; in logic , those of syllogism ; in paint- ing , those of perspective ; in dramatic poetry , those of probable imitation . Harris . 201. The flattering ...
... rules of syntax ; in poetry , those of metre ; in music , those of harmo- ny ; in logic , those of syllogism ; in paint- ing , those of perspective ; in dramatic poetry , those of probable imitation . Harris . 201. The flattering ...
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... rules alike prove both what is crooked and what is straight . We cannot admit that geniuses , though prior to systems , were prior also to rules , because rules from the beginning existed in their own minds , and were a part of that ...
... rules alike prove both what is crooked and what is straight . We cannot admit that geniuses , though prior to systems , were prior also to rules , because rules from the beginning existed in their own minds , and were a part of that ...
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