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... Figures , Sect . . Page 7 .9 17 62 73 130 · 162 · 1. Personification , · ib . 2. Apostrophe , 182 • • 3. Hyperbole ... Figure of Speech , Table 1. Subjects expressed figuratively , 2. Attributes expressed figuratively , XXI . Narration ...
... Figures , Sect . . Page 7 .9 17 62 73 130 · 162 · 1. Personification , · ib . 2. Apostrophe , 182 • • 3. Hyperbole ... Figure of Speech , Table 1. Subjects expressed figuratively , 2. Attributes expressed figuratively , XXI . Narration ...
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... other . But of a poem , a cantata , a picture , or other artificial production , a true relish is not commonly attained , without some study and much practice . an influence to . vitiate both , or to preserve XX INTRODUCTION . Figures,
... other . But of a poem , a cantata , a picture , or other artificial production , a true relish is not commonly attained , without some study and much practice . an influence to . vitiate both , or to preserve XX INTRODUCTION . Figures,
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... accurate judgment cannot have a great flow of ideas ; because the slighter relations , making no figure in his mind , have no power to introduce . ideas . And hence it is , that accurate judgment 32 [ Chap . 1 . PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
... accurate judgment cannot have a great flow of ideas ; because the slighter relations , making no figure in his mind , have no power to introduce . ideas . And hence it is , that accurate judgment 32 [ Chap . 1 . PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
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... figure in the mind , the bulk of them being transitory , and some extremely trivial : they are , however , the links that , by uniting our perceptions into one connected chain , produce connexion of action , because perception and ...
... figure in the mind , the bulk of them being transitory , and some extremely trivial : they are , however , the links that , by uniting our perceptions into one connected chain , produce connexion of action , because perception and ...
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... figure , abstractly considered , that produces the emotion , but the tree of a certain figure . And hence , by the way , it appears , that the beauty of such an object is complex , resolvable into sever ral beauties more simple . VOL ...
... figure , abstractly considered , that produces the emotion , but the tree of a certain figure . And hence , by the way , it appears , that the beauty of such an object is complex , resolvable into sever ral beauties more simple . VOL ...
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