Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions |
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Tanquam scopulum sic vites insolens verbum , " is the wise advice of Cæsar to the Roman Orators , and the precept applies with double force to the writers in our own language . But it must not be forgotten , that the same Cæsar wrote a ...
Tanquam scopulum sic vites insolens verbum , " is the wise advice of Cæsar to the Roman Orators , and the precept applies with double force to the writers in our own language . But it must not be forgotten , that the same Cæsar wrote a ...
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the last three years of our school education ) he showed no mercy to phrase , metaphor , or image , unsupported by a sound sense , or where the same sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words .
the last three years of our school education ) he showed no mercy to phrase , metaphor , or image , unsupported by a sound sense , or where the same sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words .
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... have any other reliance on the force or fitness of his phrases , but the authority of the author from whence he has adopted them . Consequently he must first prepare his thoughts , " and then pick out , from Virgil , Horace , 20.
... have any other reliance on the force or fitness of his phrases , but the authority of the author from whence he has adopted them . Consequently he must first prepare his thoughts , " and then pick out , from Virgil , Horace , 20.
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... or of falling into the sun , according as the assertor of the absurdity confined his attention either to the projectile or to the attractive force exclusively . have become yearly , less and less desirable , except 45.
... or of falling into the sun , according as the assertor of the absurdity confined his attention either to the projectile or to the attractive force exclusively . have become yearly , less and less desirable , except 45.
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No ! we must suppose the very same force , which constitutes the white ball , to constitute the red or black ; or the idea of a circle to constitute the idea of a triangle ; which is impossible . But it may be said , that , by the ...
No ! we must suppose the very same force , which constitutes the white ball , to constitute the red or black ; or the idea of a circle to constitute the idea of a triangle ; which is impossible . But it may be said , that , by the ...
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