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... modern , from whom XXXIV , benefit may be derived in forming Compofition and Style , I have spoken fo much of them in former Lectures , that it is needless to repeat what I have faid of their virtues and defects . I own , it is to be ...
... modern , from whom XXXIV , benefit may be derived in forming Compofition and Style , I have spoken fo much of them in former Lectures , that it is needless to repeat what I have faid of their virtues and defects . I own , it is to be ...
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... modern times , for reafons which were before given , Popular Eloquence , as an Art , has never been very much the object of study ; it has not the fame powerful effects now that it had in more democratical ftates ; and therefore has not ...
... modern times , for reafons which were before given , Popular Eloquence , as an Art , has never been very much the object of study ; it has not the fame powerful effects now that it had in more democratical ftates ; and therefore has not ...
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... Modern Philofophers have an unquestionable fuperiority over the Ancient . I am inclined alfo to think , that in matters of pure reasoning , there is more precifion among the Moderns , than in fome inftances there was among the Ancients ...
... Modern Philofophers have an unquestionable fuperiority over the Ancient . I am inclined alfo to think , that in matters of pure reasoning , there is more precifion among the Moderns , than in fome inftances there was among the Ancients ...
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... Modern . Among the Ancients , we find higher conceptions , greater fimplicity , more original fancy . Among the Mo- derns , fometimes more art and correctnefs , but feebler exertions of Genius . But , though this be in general a mark of ...
... Modern . Among the Ancients , we find higher conceptions , greater fimplicity , more original fancy . Among the Mo- derns , fometimes more art and correctnefs , but feebler exertions of Genius . But , though this be in general a mark of ...
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... modern days . Fewer had the means and opportunities of diftinguishing themselves , than now ; but fuch as did distinguish themselves , were fure of acquiring that fame , and even veneration , which is , of all other rewards , the ...
... modern days . Fewer had the means and opportunities of diftinguishing themselves , than now ; but fuch as did distinguish themselves , were fure of acquiring that fame , and even veneration , which is , of all other rewards , the ...
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againſt agreeable alfo ancient beautiful Book of Job cenfure character Cicero circumftances Comedy compariſon compofed Compofition confiderable confifts converfation courſe defcribed defcription difplay diftinction diſtinguiſhed elegant Eloquence Engliſh Epic Epic Poetry Euripides expreffion fame fcenes feems fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhould fhow fimplicity firft firſt fome fometimes fpeaking fpecies fpirit ftrain ftrong ftudy ftyle fubject fublime fuch fufficient fyllables genius greateſt Greek Herodotus Hiftorian Hiftory higheſt himſelf Homer Iliad imitation impreffion inftance inftruction intereſting itſelf kind language laſt LECT lefs Lyric Poetry manner meaſure modern moft moral moſt Mufic muft muſt narration nature neceffary obfervations objects occafions Odes Orator paffages paffed paffion Paftoral perfonages perfons Philofophical pleafing pleaſure Poem Poet Poetical Poetry poffefs prefent Profe reafon refpect render rife ſcenes ſhall Sophocles ſpeak ſtate ſtudy Style Tacitus taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe Thucydides tion Tragedy uſeful Verfe Verfification Verſe Virgil Writing XXXIX XXXVIII