American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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Page 33
... object of sacred commentary , seems at length to be nearly settled by the concur- rent voice of scholars and divines . Its nature is that of disqui- sition ; its object is elucidation . The etymology of the word reveals its original ...
... object of sacred commentary , seems at length to be nearly settled by the concur- rent voice of scholars and divines . Its nature is that of disqui- sition ; its object is elucidation . The etymology of the word reveals its original ...
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... objects may be selected either from the realm of fact or of fiction , according to the pleasure of the writer . To this three - fold division we see no particular reason to object ; the parable is certainly a species of allegory ; nor ...
... objects may be selected either from the realm of fact or of fiction , according to the pleasure of the writer . To this three - fold division we see no particular reason to object ; the parable is certainly a species of allegory ; nor ...
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... object of the literal description . It is in this sense only , that we would be understood to advocate the doctrine ad- vanced by this distinguished critic . We cannot say that we like the term double sense , on account of its liability ...
... object of the literal description . It is in this sense only , that we would be understood to advocate the doctrine ad- vanced by this distinguished critic . We cannot say that we like the term double sense , on account of its liability ...
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... object of the narrative , which is , therefore , to be taken as a unity - the whole bearing upon this particular point . The second fact is , that though figurative representations are intended to teach , or illus- trate , each , some ...
... object of the narrative , which is , therefore , to be taken as a unity - the whole bearing upon this particular point . The second fact is , that though figurative representations are intended to teach , or illus- trate , each , some ...
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... object , and make others see what they saw , they would , of course , be obliged to combine , in their verbal descriptions , all the minutia which the painter would throw into his picture , to give it completeness and veri- similitude ...
... object , and make others see what they saw , they would , of course , be obliged to combine , in their verbal descriptions , all the minutia which the painter would throw into his picture , to give it completeness and veri- similitude ...
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