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... can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse .
... can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse .
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But Johnson had studied the bad writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a taster ...
But Johnson had studied the bad writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a taster ...
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The latter often reminds us of the Hebrew writers . ... Clytemnestra to Agamemnon on his return , or the description of the seven Argive chiefs , by the princi- ples of dramatic writing , we shall instantly condemn them as monstrous .
The latter often reminds us of the Hebrew writers . ... Clytemnestra to Agamemnon on his return , or the description of the seven Argive chiefs , by the princi- ples of dramatic writing , we shall instantly condemn them as monstrous .
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The interruptions of the dialogue , however , impose a constraint upon the writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . " I should much commend , " says the ...
The interruptions of the dialogue , however , impose a constraint upon the writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . " I should much commend , " says the ...
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... the meaning of the writer as clear to the reader as it is to himself . The ruins of the precipice which led from the sixth to the seventh circle of hell , were like those of the rock which fell into the Adige on the south of Trent .
... the meaning of the writer as clear to the reader as it is to himself . The ruins of the precipice which led from the sixth to the seventh circle of hell , were like those of the rock which fell into the Adige on the south of Trent .
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