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Page 443
He is not so copious but he is also charged with being obscure , in words , as
abundant in matter , rich in as concise writers very often are , without his
expression , grave , majestic , and lively : any reason . For , if I may judge by my
and if I may ...
He is not so copious but he is also charged with being obscure , in words , as
abundant in matter , rich in as concise writers very often are , without his
expression , grave , majestic , and lively : any reason . For , if I may judge by my
and if I may ...
Page 451
His genius was with a single word or epithet , he often sublime ; his expressions
are beautiful and conveys a whole ... In gracesul obscure , partly from his
subjects , and partly ease of expression , he is far inferior to the from his rapid ,
abrupt ...
His genius was with a single word or epithet , he often sublime ; his expressions
are beautiful and conveys a whole ... In gracesul obscure , partly from his
subjects , and partly ease of expression , he is far inferior to the from his rapid ,
abrupt ...
Page 546
Yet his sentimenis in general , is , that they have so expression is never too big
for the sense , remarkable a parity with those of the scrip- but justly great in
proportion to it . It is ture ; Diipori , in his Gnomologia Home . the sentiment that
swells ...
Yet his sentimenis in general , is , that they have so expression is never too big
for the sense , remarkable a parity with those of the scrip- but justly great in
proportion to it . It is ture ; Diipori , in his Gnomologia Home . the sentiment that
swells ...
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Contents
Authe Pas | 1 |
Practice necessary for forming a Syle Blair 401 95 On Plainness and Perspicuity Felton 436 | 34 |
Excellenceofthe Sacred Writings Brown | 305 |
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| Title | Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry |
| Editor | Vicesimus Knox |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1808 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 11 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 1 pages |
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