History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... nature , character , and various Species of Composition . 2 vols . London , 1774 , 8vo . Hurd , R. , Bp . of Worcester . 1762 , 8vo . Letters on Chivalry and Romance . Mason , W. Reflections on originality in authors . . . remarks on a ...
... nature , character , and various Species of Composition . 2 vols . London , 1774 , 8vo . Hurd , R. , Bp . of Worcester . 1762 , 8vo . Letters on Chivalry and Romance . Mason , W. Reflections on originality in authors . . . remarks on a ...
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... nature , something inter- venes of a mixed , or indifferent description , tending to weaken the agreeable emotion , which , without it , would be more pure and forcible . For example , —in the of forming the garden , the savage finds ...
... nature , something inter- venes of a mixed , or indifferent description , tending to weaken the agreeable emotion , which , without it , would be more pure and forcible . For example , —in the of forming the garden , the savage finds ...
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... nature , is pleasing to the mind . And as real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue , Fiction corrects it , and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded or punished ...
... nature , is pleasing to the mind . And as real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue , Fiction corrects it , and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded or punished ...
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... nature , which must ever be employed by the novelist , if he wish to awaken emotion or delight . And such seems now to be the common idea which is entertained of the value of Fiction . Accordingly , this powerful instrument of virtue ...
... nature , which must ever be employed by the novelist , if he wish to awaken emotion or delight . And such seems now to be the common idea which is entertained of the value of Fiction . Accordingly , this powerful instrument of virtue ...
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... nature , therefore , combine utility , justice , and pleasure ; and accordingly , in different branches of philosophy and literature , various histories of their progress and fortunes have appeared . I have attempted in the following ...
... nature , therefore , combine utility , justice , and pleasure ; and accordingly , in different branches of philosophy and literature , various histories of their progress and fortunes have appeared . I have attempted in the following ...
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