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... expression , and spirit . They cultivate the taste ; and at length it becomes impossible for the student to be satisfied with what is incorrect , slovenly , tawdry , or untruthful . 7. Requisites of Criticism . Many things are required ...
... expression , and spirit . They cultivate the taste ; and at length it becomes impossible for the student to be satisfied with what is incorrect , slovenly , tawdry , or untruthful . 7. Requisites of Criticism . Many things are required ...
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... expression that is required in the writers of an age of refinement and intelligence . The indecencies in Chaucer and Shakespeare are to be attributed to the grossness of their times . 14. The Artistic Element . There is an artistic ...
... expression that is required in the writers of an age of refinement and intelligence . The indecencies in Chaucer and Shakespeare are to be attributed to the grossness of their times . 14. The Artistic Element . There is an artistic ...
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... expressions of filthy abuse and invective , now skipping about in a giddy agile dance , and now bursting upon the auditors with threatening mien and clenched fists . So far as any mean- ing at all can be extracted from the endless ...
... expressions of filthy abuse and invective , now skipping about in a giddy agile dance , and now bursting upon the auditors with threatening mien and clenched fists . So far as any mean- ing at all can be extracted from the endless ...
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... expression . Literary art is shown in the choice of words and in their arrangement in sentences and paragraphs . The artistic sense , without which a finished excellence is not attainable , reveals itself in the proportion , symmetry ...
... expression . Literary art is shown in the choice of words and in their arrangement in sentences and paragraphs . The artistic sense , without which a finished excellence is not attainable , reveals itself in the proportion , symmetry ...
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... expression of his individual thought and feeling . ― 21. View of Life . Every writer of originality and power takes a fundamental view of life . He has settled convictions of some sort in regard to the world in which he lives ...
... expression of his individual thought and feeling . ― 21. View of Life . Every writer of originality and power takes a fundamental view of life . He has settled convictions of some sort in regard to the world in which he lives ...
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