The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 93
... Poetry , not by raising Ideas of things - - 302 III . General Words before Ideas - - 305 IV . The Effect of Words - - 306 1 V. Examples , that Words may affect without raising Images 308 VI . Poetry not strictly an imative art VII . How ...
... Poetry , not by raising Ideas of things - - 302 III . General Words before Ideas - - 305 IV . The Effect of Words - - 306 1 V. Examples , that Words may affect without raising Images 308 VI . Poetry not strictly an imative art VII . How ...
Page 110
... poetry , and other pieces of imagination , the same parity may be observed . It is true , that one man is charmed with Don Bellianis , and reads Virgil coldly : whilst another is transported with the Eneid , and leaves Don Bellianis to ...
... poetry , and other pieces of imagination , the same parity may be observed . It is true , that one man is charmed with Don Bellianis , and reads Virgil coldly : whilst another is transported with the Eneid , and leaves Don Bellianis to ...
Page 118
... poetry and musick have been displayed , and perhaps are still displayed , where these arts are but in a very low and imperfect state . The rude hearer is affected by the principles which operate in these arts even in their rudest condi ...
... poetry and musick have been displayed , and perhaps are still displayed , where these arts are but in a very low and imperfect state . The rude hearer is affected by the principles which operate in these arts even in their rudest condi ...
Page 141
... poetry , painting , and other affecting arts , transfuse their passions from one breast to another , and are often capable of grafting a delight on wretchedness , misery , and death itself . It is a common observation , that objects ...
... poetry , painting , and other affecting arts , transfuse their passions from one breast to another , and are often capable of grafting a delight on wretchedness , misery , and death itself . It is a common observation , that objects ...
Page 145
... poetry , painting , and musick ; and when you have collected your audience , just at the mo- ment when their minds are erect with expectation , let it be reported that a state criminal of high rank is on the point of being executed in ...
... poetry , painting , and musick ; and when you have collected your audience , just at the mo- ment when their minds are erect with expectation , let it be reported that a state criminal of high rank is on the point of being executed in ...
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