Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious Narratives, with Observations on Some of the Most EminentMundell, 1805 - 174 pàgines |
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... wishes , than for the improvement of his moral feelings . This purpose is to be accomplished by other means , which I shall afterwards endeavour to point out . Upon the whole , we may perhaps conclude , with regard both to this and to ...
... wishes , than for the improvement of his moral feelings . This purpose is to be accomplished by other means , which I shall afterwards endeavour to point out . Upon the whole , we may perhaps conclude , with regard both to this and to ...
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... which a wise man would wish very much to encou- rage . Yet , to represent a great deficiency in this particular would be whimsical , and could not B 5 99 Number of characters Beauty Intellectual endowments Rank and fortune.
... which a wise man would wish very much to encou- rage . Yet , to represent a great deficiency in this particular would be whimsical , and could not B 5 99 Number of characters Beauty Intellectual endowments Rank and fortune.
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... wish to have the same things told of us , than a disposition to do them . Perhaps , also , there is thus less danger of a perfect character becoming uninteresting . When a person is introduced to tell his own story , we naturally find ...
... wish to have the same things told of us , than a disposition to do them . Perhaps , also , there is thus less danger of a perfect character becoming uninteresting . When a person is introduced to tell his own story , we naturally find ...
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... wish to find it without trouble or thought . Works thus conducted , supply them with one which is level to the lowest capacities . How well they are adapted to the taste of this descrip- tion of readers appears plainly from the ex ...
... wish to find it without trouble or thought . Works thus conducted , supply them with one which is level to the lowest capacities . How well they are adapted to the taste of this descrip- tion of readers appears plainly from the ex ...
Pàgina 46
... wishes to inquire after important facts , must often content himself with a very dry ac- count of them . In works of reasoning , too , stile is but a secondary consideration . But works of fancy , which are not well executed , seem to ...
... wishes to inquire after important facts , must often content himself with a very dry ac- count of them . In works of reasoning , too , stile is but a secondary consideration . But works of fancy , which are not well executed , seem to ...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1805 |
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Legitimate Histories: Scott, Gothic, and the Authorities of Fiction Fiona Robertson Visualització de fragments - 1994 |