The Spectator, Volume 5George Atherton Aitken G. Routledge, 1898 - English essays |
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Page 28
... writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . Most languages make use of this metaphor , to ex- press that faculty of the mind , which distinguishes all the most concealed faults and nicest perfections in writing . We ...
... writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . Most languages make use of this metaphor , to ex- press that faculty of the mind , which distinguishes all the most concealed faults and nicest perfections in writing . We ...
Page 30
... writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him : besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking ...
... writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him : besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking ...
Page 69
... writing wherein the poet quite loses sight of Nature , and entertains his reader's imagination with the characters and actions of such persons as have many of them no existence but what he bestows on them ; such are fairies , witches ...
... writing wherein the poet quite loses sight of Nature , and entertains his reader's imagination with the characters and actions of such persons as have many of them no existence but what he bestows on them ; such are fairies , witches ...
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