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... effect of his best scenes , by wearying the reader before the emphatic moment has arrived . It is very unartistic to jade the attention , as it destroys the keenness of appreciation when it is most required to heighten the effect of a ...
... effect of his best scenes , by wearying the reader before the emphatic moment has arrived . It is very unartistic to jade the attention , as it destroys the keenness of appreciation when it is most required to heighten the effect of a ...
Page 16
... effect , and the masses are more moved by the tout - ensemble than by the surprising finish of any individual part . The coherency of a book is , in short , its life as well as its beauty . However finely worked out some parts of Mr ...
... effect , and the masses are more moved by the tout - ensemble than by the surprising finish of any individual part . The coherency of a book is , in short , its life as well as its beauty . However finely worked out some parts of Mr ...
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... effects produced by the Old Masters . Indeed , authors and painters are fellow artists ; one works with words , the other with colors ; one reaches nature through the eye , the other through the ear . The advantage , however , lies with ...
... effects produced by the Old Masters . Indeed , authors and painters are fellow artists ; one works with words , the other with colors ; one reaches nature through the eye , the other through the ear . The advantage , however , lies with ...
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... effect . No man of genius need fear criticism , however boldly uttered ; it is the charlatan alone who fears the ... effects by the subdued tone of the narrative . This death scene is admirably in keeping with the whole life of Natty ...
... effect . No man of genius need fear criticism , however boldly uttered ; it is the charlatan alone who fears the ... effects by the subdued tone of the narrative . This death scene is admirably in keeping with the whole life of Natty ...
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... ; a novelist should instruct by implication , and argue by insinuation . When he becomes didactic he ceases to be romantic , and the effect is neutralized . RALPH WALDO EMERSON . ww EMERSON is certainly one of 48 COOPER . JAMES FENIMORE.
... ; a novelist should instruct by implication , and argue by insinuation . When he becomes didactic he ceases to be romantic , and the effect is neutralized . RALPH WALDO EMERSON . ww EMERSON is certainly one of 48 COOPER . JAMES FENIMORE.
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