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... Taste . BETWEEN the two kinds of reading , which books , thus classed , afford , there is one characteristic difference . In works which are merely intended to communicate know- ledge , writing is made use of only as a vehicle of ...
... Taste . BETWEEN the two kinds of reading , which books , thus classed , afford , there is one characteristic difference . In works which are merely intended to communicate know- ledge , writing is made use of only as a vehicle of ...
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... taste , and to form a habit of correct and elegant expression , both in conversa- tion and writing . Ir is on these accounts , that the study of polite litera- ture in general , and of the ancient classical writers in par- ticular , is ...
... taste , and to form a habit of correct and elegant expression , both in conversa- tion and writing . Ir is on these accounts , that the study of polite litera- ture in general , and of the ancient classical writers in par- ticular , is ...
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... taste . The difference between a languid and a vigorous exertion of the faculties forms the chief point of distinction between genius and dulness . No man , who was not capable of forming clear and vivid conceptions , ever wrote well ...
... taste . The difference between a languid and a vigorous exertion of the faculties forms the chief point of distinction between genius and dulness . No man , who was not capable of forming clear and vivid conceptions , ever wrote well ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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