Small productions will be more common than bulky books ; there will be more wit than erudition, more imagination than profundity ; and literary performances will bear marks of an untutored and rude vigor of thought — frequently of great variety and... A Complete Manual of English Literature - Page 481by Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 540 pagesFull view - About this book
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...then, will have "more wit than erudition, more imagination than profundity; and literary performances will bear marks of an untutored and rude vigor of...frequently of great variety and singular fecundity. The object of authors will be to astonish rather than to please, and to stir the passions more than... | |
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