...enough to rouse them up, and to plunge them at once, as if by violence, into the midst of a subject. 118 Why should I say more ? or who does not understand...their defects or their better qualities ; but these excep119 tions will be rare, and even the authors who shall so depart from the received practice in...

...common than bulky books ; there will be more wit than erudition, more imagination than profundity ; the object of authors will be to astonish rather than...please, and to stir the passions more than to charm th<; ta*te. Its further effects may be learned from his observations on the sources of poetry amongst...

...imagination than profundity ; and literary performances will bear marks of an untutored and rude vigor of thought — , frequently of great variety and singular...than to please, and to stir the passions more than to eharm the taste." Without entering into the question, at present, of what may be yet expected from...

...imagination than profundity ; and literary performances will bear marks of an untutored and rude vigor of thought — frequently of great variety and singular...will be to astonish rather than to please, and to »tir the passions more than to charm the taste." Without entering into the question, at present, of...

...profundity; and literary performances will bear marks of an untutored and rude vigor of thought—frequently of great variety and singular fecundity. The object...to stir the passions more than to charm the taste." Without entering into the question, at present, of what may be yet expected from America, or even of...

...imagination than profundity; and literary performances will bear marks of an untutored and rude vigor of thought, — frequently of great variety and singular...indeed, writers will doubtless occur who will choose a ditferent track, and who will, if they are gifted with superior abilities, succeed in finding readers,...

...recreation amidst the serious labours of life. Such men can never acquire a sufficiently intimate knowledge of the art of literature to appreciate its more delicate...exceptions will be rare, and even the authors who shah1 so depart from the received practice in the main subject of their works, will always relapse...

...frequently of great variety and singular profundity. The object of authors will be more to astonish than to please, and to stir the passions more than to charm the taste. All this literature will be characterized by freedom from conventional rules; the styles will frequently...

...frequently of great variety and singular profundity. The object of authors will be more to astonish than to please, and to stir the passions more than to charm the taste. All this literature will be characterized by freedom from conventional rules ; the styles will frequently...

...frequently be fantastic, incorrect, overburdened, and loose, almost always vehement and bold. . . . The object of authors will be to astonish rather than...to stir the passions more than to charm the taste, (de Tocqueville [1835] 1954, pp. 50, 52, 54). It remains true that American art and sport tend toward...