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This circumstance renders it necessary that some person of sufficient sagacity to discover and to describe what is beautiful , and so impartial as to disregard vulgar prejudices , should guide the public taste , and raise merit from ...
This circumstance renders it necessary that some person of sufficient sagacity to discover and to describe what is beautiful , and so impartial as to disregard vulgar prejudices , should guide the public taste , and raise merit from ...
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The opening of the poem is singularly beautiful : Jack and Gill . The first duty of the poet is to introduce his subject , and there is no part of poetry more difficult . We are told by . the great critic of antiquity that we should ...
The opening of the poem is singularly beautiful : Jack and Gill . The first duty of the poet is to introduce his subject , and there is no part of poetry more difficult . We are told by . the great critic of antiquity that we should ...
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Here we behold the plan gradually unfolding , a new scene opens to our view , and the description is exceedingly beautiful . We now discover their object , which we were before left to conjecture . We see the two friends , like Pylades ...
Here we behold the plan gradually unfolding , a new scene opens to our view , and the description is exceedingly beautiful . We now discover their object , which we were before left to conjecture . We see the two friends , like Pylades ...
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a a REMOTE from the intrigues of the court , and unruffled by the din of contention , our days were joyful and serene , like those which nurture the beautiful Halcyon . Enjoying the uninterrupted society of a friend whom I esteemed ...
a a REMOTE from the intrigues of the court , and unruffled by the din of contention , our days were joyful and serene , like those which nurture the beautiful Halcyon . Enjoying the uninterrupted society of a friend whom I esteemed ...
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“ I insist on it , " continues he , “ with entire satisfaction , that no occupation attaches a man more to his duty than that of cultivating a taste in the fine arts , a just relish of what is beautiful , proper , elegant , and ...
“ I insist on it , " continues he , “ with entire satisfaction , that no occupation attaches a man more to his duty than that of cultivating a taste in the fine arts , a just relish of what is beautiful , proper , elegant , and ...
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Philadelphia Book, Or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature |
| Autor | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau |
| Editor | Key & Biddle, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 28 Feb. 2006 |
| Largo | 380 páginas |
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