| 单词 | literary composition |
| 例句 | Their efforts produced a unique Indo-Islamic painting style, and for a time the Deccan also set the standard for Persian poetry and was an important center of Arabic literacy and literary composition. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The challenges of literary composition become part of the strike’s story. What Kind of Worker Is a Writer? 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z In writing, a genre is a category of literary composition. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z It has endured as the paradigm of literary composition for almost forty years. Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Whether the author of any literary composition and his assigns had the sole right of printing and publishing the same in perpetuity, by the common law? Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z Having thus endeavoured to justify myself for rushing in where sometimes “angels fear to tread,” I have no intention of apologizing for the crudeness of my ideas, or my lack of grace in literary composition. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Judge Wallace never sought political office and his abilities therefore never were fully publicly known in that line, but some of his literary compositions have been widely read and favorably criticised. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Joshua was fond of literary composition, and early composed some rules of conduct for himself, which influenced him through life. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The novel is one of the most noteworthy features of recent literary composition in Urdū. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The title does not necessarily involve any literary composition; it may not be, and certainly the statute does not require that it should be, the product of the author's mind.... Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z As a literary composition, it is quite worthless, being very diffuse and encumbered with dull and trivial details; yet this very minuteness affords strong internal evidence of its authenticity. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z I told it, I have reason to believe, with feeling, and in words that carried conviction; the more as, though skilled in literary composition, and in writing secundum artem, I have little imagination. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z There is perhaps no other instance of a poem short of the highest excellence having produced so important and durable an effect in modifying the accepted standards of literary composition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Notwithstanding the arduous nature of her work and her exceedingly delicate health, she devoted her leisure hours to literary composition. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z It is a mere appendage, which only identifies, and frequently does not in any way describe, the literary composition itself.... Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z They give a correct idea of his home-chat, but not when he was at his best; that no doubt, is because the art of talking must always be inferior to any form of literary composition. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z Mann′erism, a constant sameness of manner: a marked peculiarity of style or manner, esp. in literary composition: manner or style becoming wearisome by its sameness; Mann′erist, one addicted to mannerism.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The phase of Arabian culture with which we are most nearly concerned is its poetic achievement, and the ultimate influence which it brought to bear upon Spanish literary composition. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z His style of literary composition is compared by an English writer to a dislocation of all the limbs of a human body. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z "The common law of England" is specifically applied to unpublished literary compositions. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z They give a correct idea of his home-chat, but not when he was at his best; that, no doubt, is because the art of talking must always be inferior to any form of literary composition. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z A soldier of fortune like Xenophon, who spent most of his life away from Athens, introduced not only strange words but strange grammatical constructions also into his literary compositions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Yet we cannot regret very deeply Jefferson's determination to retire from public life at that time, since to his retirement we owe his most extensive literary composition, one of the first masterpieces of American literature. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z To do this she has applied the principles of literary composition to the highly complex and ever increasing problems of our business life. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z He was brought up at Mosul in Mesopotamia, and after finishing his studies in Baghdád, Jerusalem, and Syria, he returned home and devoted himself to reading and literary composition. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The proximity of Byron and his circle was not, however, favourable to inspiration or to literary composition. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Miss Bampton remembered that, a week ago, Archie had been seized with a strong desire for literary composition, and had composed a very remarkable short story, which may be given in full. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Asceticism and mystical exaltation had told upon his nervous system, and its feeble condition showed itself in his literary compositions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z From childhood their attempts at literary composition had formed, according to Charlotte herself, the highest stimulus, and one of the liveliest pleasures they had known. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z Speaking of the literary character of the country, puts me in mind of the intention which I had formed some months ago, of writing an article upon the prevalent style of literary composition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Nor can I insist with any heat on new methods when I am at work in my study on any literary composition.... Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z This time it is indeed impossible exactly to determine, and the period at which literary compositions, as distinguished from mere conversation, began to employ the new tongue is entirely unknown. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z If the letters or the contents of the diary were protected as literary compositions, the scope of the protection afforded should be the same secured to a published writing under the copyright law. The Right to Privacy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.037Z I am not used to literary composition; I cannot weigh whether this or that is characteristic of a speaker. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z To find a gentleman of Mr Dickens' great genius, and experience in literary composition, sinning in this way, is provoking beyond all measure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Of almost every style of literary composition there is an example, captivating alike to the humblest reader and the most cultivated critic. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z But the old language, with all its merits, was ill-suited to be a vehicle for any but the simpler forms of literary composition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z But a doubt has been suggested, whether mere private letters, not intended as literary compositions, are entitled to the protection of an injunction in the same manner as compositions of a literary character. The Right to Privacy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.037Z The French rhetoricians have a maxim, that, in literary composition, “nothing is beautiful which is not true.” The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z It ranks far below Deuteronomy as a system of laws or a literary composition. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z Critical learning was yet new in our literature; it had taken its birth in Italy, among a crowd of philosophers, rhetoricians and philologists, busied in developing the true principles of every species of literary composition. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z There were certain recognized kinds of literary composition; every new book was bound to class itself under one or other of these. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The general property, and the general rights incident to property, belong to the writer, whether the letters are literary compositions, or familiar letters, or details of facts, or letters of business. The Right to Privacy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.037Z I think that there are two main qualities to be kept in view in literary composition—freshness and finish. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z As not a vestige of their writings remains, it is impossible to judge of the merits of their literary compositions. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z This mood of imaginative creation instinctively expresses itself in literary composition, in drawing, painting, designing, modeling, acting, or music. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z The English poem may possibly be rather a literary composition than a genuine example of minstrel poetry, but the portions that have survived are hardly inferior to the best passages of Beowulf. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z A "poem" even to-day is supposed to be a literary composition that is in artificial language arranged in a metrical pattern, often conveying a trite idea or enshrining an ineffective image. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z It was composed of artisans and governed by the strict, pedantic rules then existing in the arts of musical and literary composition. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z For poetry, be it remembered, is the most "artificial" kind of literary composition, it is immeasurably the most difficult, it is by far the most remote from that which is commonly called life. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z This text is one of the earliest with references to fairy beings, and may go back to the eighth or ninth century as a literary composition, though it too represents much older traditions. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z It cannot be contended that Kropotkin gave up his style because he writes for workers who are unable to appreciate the beauty of literary composition. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z The prose expression of emotion is also poetry, but we have hitherto given the name "poetry" only to the verse literary composition. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z We can trace the progress of literary composition under the chambers, although none of their official productions has descended to us. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Not only did the hearers require to be thus moved to attention, but the poet himself could only thus be inspired and sustained in the unfamiliar task of literary composition. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil In thirty-five years of literary composition, Aristotle had plenty of time to change, because any man can differ from himself at different times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" He has much to say as well as a striking manner of saying it, and the interest of his work as a story yields in nothing to its picturesqueness as a piece of literary composition. A Short History of French Literature Every imaginative literary composition, whether in verse or prose, is made up of lyrical poems, more or less. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z In general it may be said of Egyptian literary compositions that apart from their interest as anthropological documents they possess no merit which would entitle them to survive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" In the hymns of the Veda, which are the oldest literary compositions in Sanskrit, the geographical horizon of the poets is, for the greater part, limited to the north-west of India. Lectures on The Science of Language In June, 1850, after a seven years' residence in and near Boston, during which I labored at study and literary composition, I enjoyed an interval of rest and recreation in Europe. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Their object was to produce a creditable literary composition, to set forth their subject strikingly and dramatically, and to point a moral of some kind. A Short History of French Literature At the dénouement, every syllable must be weighed, nor found wanting; every extraneous word ruthlessly cut out, the feats of fine language so welcome in other forms of literary composition shunned as an arch enemy. How to See a Play It may be laid down as the definition of criticism in its pure sense, that it should consist in the application, in the most competent form, of the principles of literary composition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" French’s report of this affair, written a month later, from which the above is condensed, is very interesting and dramatic, and regarded as a literary composition, of no mean merit. The Battle of Allatoona, October 5th, 1864 It is with copyright in literary compositions that we are here primarily concerned, as it was established first, the analogous right as regards works of plastic art, &c., following in its train. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" His propensity for literary composition never interfered with his responsible duties as an officer. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment No other literary compositions lift us into such atmosphere of religious thought and emotion. The Christian View of the Old Testament But acquisition absorbed so much of his time that little was left for literary composition. Studies in Contemporary Biography She received, under her father's supervision, a very careful education, and developed her proclivities for literary composition at an early age. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Miscellaneous.—It is not necessary to dwell upon the other forms of literary composition attempted by Cicero. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Or, if you deny them all the rest, one pleasure at least they have tasted to the full—their books are there to prove it—the keen pleasure of successful literary composition. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Again, the hand of man may be seen in the manner of literary composition. The Christian View of the Old Testament Without pretending to the graces of literary composition, the writer has produced a work of sterling value. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. He carried the same fierceness into his style, and commits the same ludicrous extravagances in literary composition as in his manners. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Their columns are open to every person in the association, and it may be said with justice that no one will find it impossible to secure the publication of any literary composition of reasonable brevity. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The upper status is marked by the use of iron and extends to the introduction of the phonetic alphabet and literary composition. History of Human Society What other literary compositions lift us into such atmosphere of religious thought and emotion? The Christian View of the Old Testament He was born of good family, in the celebrated year 1745, and appears to have inherited a taste for literary composition; for his father composed the popular song of Kitty Crowder. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches I see Jimmy is in the throes of a literary composition. Death Points a Finger They were not surprised, however, when he answered that the exigencies of literary composition would make his attendance impossible. A Great Man A Frolic True, he spoke of troublesome tribulations, but these were mainly dictionary distresses, felt most keenly in the rhapsody of literary composition. Ghetto Comedies His taste for literary composition must have shown him instantly where any argument or allusion was misplaced. Practical Education, Volume II Besides, literary composition was beset with too many difficulties. The Belovéd Vagabond The noise of all these proceedings was not exactly conducive to literary composition, and Princess Edna had already been obliged to abandon her letter. In Brief Authority What makes the practice so offensive in literary composition is the fact, that the barbarism is one which may sometimes be actually heard falling from living lips. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 A full analysis of this literary composition has also been given by Dr. Samuel Birch, in his Introduction to the “Rhind Papyri,” London, 1863. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings There is a weird fascination about a newly found fragment of some lost literary composition. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time In that letter I wrote, composing it slowly and carefully—for like most medical men I am a bad hand at literary composition—I sought her forgiveness, and asked for an immediate interview. The Seven Secrets Christ can use, and he has used, all the common methods of literary composition, and he expects us to use common sense in dealing with them. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions They are models, one is told, of caligraphy as well as of literary composition. Appearances Being Notes of Travel Experience, beauty, and truth are all available as subject-matter, and all the principles governing literary composition are concerned. The Writing of the Short Story Not until the present moment have I felt qualified, either mentally or bodily, to address myself to the labour of literary composition. Fibble, D.D. Dr. Brown is an eminent practising physician in Edinburgh, with small leisure for literary composition, but no one has stronger claims to be ranked among the purest and best writers of our day. Spare Hours But to the contemporary world, the retreat, which Xenophon so successfully conducted, afforded a far more impressive lesson than any of his literary compositions. The Two Great Retreats of History In fact, we are hampered by no restrictions except the restrictions of English grammar and literary composition. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing This, of course, is one of the things that complicate the problem of literary composition and make study of these things of particular importance. The Writing of the Short Story The officer addressed, who was sitting at the table apparently in the throes of literary composition, raised his head. The Long Trick Charlotte soon found a keen enjoyment in this species of literary composition, yet Emily's devoir was the best. Emily Brontë In Malay literary compositions there is great diversity in the manner of spelling many words. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay Do you not know how small a thing disturbs literary composition? Jack 1877 It is this conception which forms the bond of union between the 'New Life,' the 'Banquet,' and the 'Divine Comedy,' and not merely as literary compositions but as autobiographical records. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 King means the warp threads of a web, and its application to literary compositions rests on the same metaphor as the Latin word textus, and the Sanskrit Sûtra, meaning a yarn, and a book. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion The philosopher, though insisting on declaring his political opinions, then, as ever, unwaveringly anti-revolutionary, threw himself mainly upon that literary composition which had been his solace in yet more evil days than these. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre Another form of the third person plural is marika-itu, they, these, or those persons; but it is found in literary compositions only, and is not used in conversation. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay Why may not that be true of literary composition which is true of painting, sculpture, architecture, and music? The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Strange as it will appear to many, he preferred the autumn months, especially when rainy, chill and misty, for the production of his literary compositions, and was proportionally depressed by the approach of spring. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Mr. Lowell was a master of form in literary composition,—that is in his prose, for he has been caught napping, occasionally, in his poetry,—and his difficulty was slight in choosing his words. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 She could now forget them comfortably and give herself up to the delights of audacious thought and literary composition. Chance A Tale in Two Parts This may be verified by any one well acquainted with Malay literary compositions who will look into a really good translation of an Arabic work; for instance, Lane’s translation of the “Thousand and One Nights.” A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay The Bible, alone of literary compositions, has been translated more frequently or into a greater number of languages than the works of Shakespeare. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles By poetry we do not understand mere verse, but any form of literary composition which reproduces in the mind certain emotions which, in the absence of an epithet less vague, we shall call poetical. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Writers who carelessly rely on their elliptical speech-forms to govern the elaborate sentences of their literary composition little know what a conscious effort of interpretation they often impose on their readers. Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published He had felt quite sure that she sought relief for the silences of her life in literary composition. The Californians The use of beta is confined to literary composition, and it is incorrect to employ the word colloquially. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay This happy genius was lodged in a most unhappy form; nor were his morals untainted: it is only in his literary compositions that he appears perfect. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 He had a strong bent toward study, and was even beginning to dip into literary composition. On the Stairs As to literary composition, to which you frequently urge me, it is impossible! The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order The rituals of the various temples once being fixed, the impulse to literary composition would still go on in an age marked by intellectual activity. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria "The Tarik é Soudan," says he, "is conceived upon a perfectly clear and logical plan according to the most correct rules of literary composition." The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 To this article may be added an account of another singular school, where the professor taught obscurity in literary composition! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 When to make time to go on with her literary composition was the difficulty. For the Sake of the School Some of his exercises in literary composition had been so creditable that his father had permitted their publication. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis The third tablet is taken up with the preliminaries for the great contest, and is interesting chiefly because of the insight it affords us into Babylonian methods of literary composition. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria His literary compositions, though not always pure in style, often showed a nice sense of the ludicrous and a love of humor. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Multifarious writings produced multifarious strictures; and public criticism reached to such perfection, that taste was generally diffused, enlightening those whose occupations had otherwise never permitted them to judge of literary compositions. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 We will now consider some of those general principles of thought end expression which are essential to distinctively literary composition; and first the relation between imagination and reality, or actuality. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric And so long as the letters were regarded merely as literary compositions, the practice was at least pardonable. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series But in many instances the method of procedure has been to study, as under a calcium light, the literary style, the linguistic peculiarities, the whole work as a literary composition. A Hero and Some Other Folks He was deemed the best talker of his day, and his forcible pen has given us indubitable proofs of his powers in literary composition. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The future career of Bethune was chiefly occupied in literary composition. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Anyhow, meaning at any rate, is not to be used in literary composition. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric It will kind of break the spell, and it wouldn't be Maurice if he didn't turn out a perfect gem of literary composition. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 I do not remember what they were; but it occurred to me in reflecting upon it afterwards, that, in purely literary composition, there were some reasons why it might be true. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Inheriting from his father an elegant turn of mind and a devotedness to literary composition, he was induced to publish, in his twenty-ninth year, an allegorical poem, entitled "The Progress of Refinement." The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Fortunate in having her talents well directed, and naturally inclined towards the acquisition of learning, she soon began to devote herself to useful reading, and even to literary composition. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century We must have literary composition and artistic construction. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Among the various sorts of literary composition the drama holds the most important position; for it is a picture of real life, and, as such, of national interest. Tales from the Hindu Dramatists It is a description of the sensation of literary composition, of the immediate experience of a writer as words and images rise into his mind. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion To the close of his career, he experienced pleasure in literary composition. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The former is the more efficacious method, because, as a rule, the nice girl wants to come and sit on your knee all day, and that is a great impediment to literary composition. Certain Personal Matters From start to finish this self-appointed task has been prosecuted with conscientious zeal and persistency of purpose, although with frequent interruptions, and more often than not amid circumstances least favorable to literary composition. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia When admitted to the Kreuzschule of Dresden, the young student, however, distinguished himself by his very great talent for literary composition and the classical languages. The Great German Composers He has himself said that literary composition never grew easier to him with experience; neither apparently did handwriting. Life of Adam Smith Regarded as a literary composition, it by no means attains a high rank, for its style is somewhat heavy and its arguments are not very deep. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century To literary composition we may apply the saying of an ancient philosopher:—"A little thing gives perfection, although perfection is not a little thing." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 All Sûtras aim at conciseness; that is clearly the reason to which this whole species of literary composition owes its existence. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 When tried by the hoary and long-established laws of literary composition, it can scarcely maintain its claim to be placed in the first class of human productions. Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman CURRAN, an orator of vehement eloquence, often strikingly original, when late in life he was desirous of cultivating literary composition, unaccustomed to its more gradual march, found a pen cold, and destitute of every grace. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Yet even this dubious honor cannot be won until after days and nights have been given to literary composition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Thus, on literary compositions, our green essays ought to be picked away. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 “One pleasure at least,” says Stevenson, “he tasted to the full—his work is there to prove it—the keen pleasure of successful literary composition.” The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Mr. Edison has carried forward his work to such a degree of perfection that the instrument may be practically employed in correspondence and literary composition. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World This fanciful writer had a taste for polished writing, yet he abounds in expressions which now would be considered as impure in literary composition. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions It is not an incidental element, but rather the fundamental part of all literary composition, the means by which a writer transfers what is in his own mind to the minds of his readers. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers The mode of literary composition adopted by that admirable student Sir William Jones, is well deserving our attention. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Here, as I soon learned, and was glad to learn, was no namby-pamby scribbler of the old happy-ending, pretty-nothing school of literary composition. Twelve Men He had probably found relief from the monotony of a soldier's life in literary composition. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Sometimes, we are told, he would wear a red wafer upon his brow, as a signal that he was enduring the throes of literary composition and expected forbearance and consideration. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance Mrs. Crayme was not an adept at literary composition, and, being conscious of her own deficiency, she begged that a verbal pledge might be substituted; but her husband was firm. Romance of California Life There are earlier characters in English literature; but as a definite and established form of literary composition the character dates from the seventeenth century. Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles The species of literary composition in dialogue that is ordinarily so designated occupies a thoroughly legitimate position in the realm of literature, but no position whatsoever in the realm of dramaturgy. The Theory of the Theatre What are great political characters like Disraeli and Macaulay, who could apply an ever-ready intelligence to literary composition and parliamentary struggles, to financial interests and diplomatic difficulties, but superior men? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in, to literary composition. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell The halls were decorated with the work of the Indian pupils in penmanship, literary composition, arithmetic, sewing, lace work, bead work, and basketry. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Back home, after we had passed through the autograph-album stage of development, we became interested in another sort of literary composition. Reveries of a Schoolmaster In 1882 he resigned all editorial work and spent his entire time in literary composition. Short-Stories No work of similar importance, so far as we know, was ever written amid so much that seemed hostile to literary composition. Yesterdays with Authors It was not until the beginning of the eighteenth that Latin and French ceased to be the only languages deemed worthy of use in literary composition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 There is a little book called Out-Door Papers, by Wentworth Higginson, that is one of the most perfect specimens of literary composition in the English language. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous From this time forth literary composition, with the acquisition of antiques and curiosities for the decoration of "Strawberry" occupied the greater part of his life. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I It implies, in the adept, such knowledge as enables him to avoid improprieties of speech; to correct any errors that may occur in literary compositions; and to parse, or explain grammatically, whatsoever is rightly written. The Grammar of English Grammars His twelve Symphonic Poems, his Faust and Dante Symphonies, his Hungarian Rhapsodies, and many other important works, including also literary compositions, he achieved here. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 It consisted partly in the transcribing and arranging certain papers, and partly in writing from my master's dictation letters of business, as well as sketches of literary composition. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are The writing-table stood in front of the window; like the bookcases, it was Chippendale, and on the dark mahogany the handsome silver inkstand seemed to invite literary composition. Vain Fortune Irving's first literary composition seems to have been a play written when he was thirteen. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans For I have enough of the temperament myself to know that crystal-gazing, even more than literary composition, must wait on mood. Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract The traditional material of literary compositions is, however, also a conservative power, just as are language and form. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Absorbed in the toil and delight of literary composition, he had not even answered Mr Verloc’s shout up the little staircase. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. The Devil's Dictionary He occasionally occupied himself in literary composition on subjects connected with his profession. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain As this was no ill precept for literary composition, even so in our actions and moral conduct we shall be in small danger of being too warm-hearted and too generous. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author This conception was intimately connected with that of the origin of individual literary compositions. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Shakespeare pronounced "Venus and Adonis" "the first heir of his invention," apparently implying that it was his first effort at literary composition. What Is Man? and Other Essays Or, if you deny them all the rest, one pleasure at least they have tasted to the full - their books are there to prove it - the keen pleasure of successful literary composition. Across the Plains Habits of literary composition are perfectly familiar to me. The Woman in White Such, let us say, is the portion of time which the man of letters is called on to devote to literary composition. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Upon its relative immutability depends, in general, the possibility of literary compositions becoming the common possession of many generations—depends absolutely all transmission. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Within this range is evidenced at least three distinct types of literary composition. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Sometimes, in the throes of literary composition, she could not think of the word that she wanted. Jean of the Lazy A I will only add, that he continues to employ himself in literary composition. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 I do not, I am ill qualified to criticise literary compositions.'—'And you think my divinity no better than my politics?'—'You do not state the question as I could wish. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor A taste for literary composition might not have passed, as doubtless it did pass, so many years unnoticed, had he been deficient in other talents, and had he devoted himself exclusively to writing. A Little Book of Western Verse By extinguishing literary compositions, by dispersing the five colours and by sticking the eyes of Li Chu, then, at length, mankind under the whole sky, will restrain the perception of his eyes. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books From the above it would seem evident enough that the American aborigines were endowed, as a race, with a turn for literary composition, and a faculty for it. Aboriginal American Authors He was then a young man, inexperienced in literary composition, and in a great measure dependent, as to the prospects of his future life, upon the success of his intended publication. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 In fact, a new theory of literary composition for imaginative works of the very first class, and especially for highest poems, is the sole course open to these States. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy The men looked in vain towards the tent where their late youthful leader had been wont to sit, nibbling the end of his golden pocket-penholder, wrestling manfully in the throes of literary composition. From One Generation to Another Thus runs Hsi Ch'un's stanza on the tablet of the "Conception of literary compositions": The hillocks and the streams crosswise beyond a thousand li extend! Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books He then attempted to devote only two hours to literary composition at a sitting, and to repeat the attempt twice a day when he did not feel his powers overtaxed. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 It was more remarkable than the preceding for vigor of thinking and often for genuine poetic fancy and susceptibility, though inferior in the skill and details of literary composition. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities In agriculture, laws, customs, and modes of literary composition, primitive and simple societies are very adverse to change. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. For Marjorie had no real sense of humour; all the humour of her literary composition, verse and prose, was of the unconscious variety. A Traveller in Little Things The mere trick of literary composition Horace holds exceedingly cheap. Horace Later still, he used to send to Florence some literary compositions to be corrected. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 But the earliest of its remarkable writers, Hume, Robertson, and Gibbon, produced works which have rarely been exceeded as literary compositions of their class. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities His own sentiments, naturally expressed, in homely language, would have had a greater effect than any literary composition. Prisoner for Blasphemy These Readers have also been specially designed to elicit thought and facilitate literary composition. De La Salle Fifth Reader Many persons who have become noted for their literary compositions may date the origin of their success to the time when they attempted the composition of a trifling enigma or charade. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby Edward Alexander of Halifax.—Attempts in literary composition.—Contributions to the "Historic Times."—"Rome in 1849."—"Observations on Heraldry." Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 There are laws that govern the stage which must be obeyed; play-writing is a great art in itself, entirely distinct from literary composition. Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson Doubtless in the law he might have become a great advocate, had he not preferred literary composition instead. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam MY LORD, The dignity of the subject of this little Treatise, not any persuasion of its merits as a literary composition, encourages me to offer it to your Lordship's patronage. An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions Of every species of literary composition he is equally a master. Four Early Pamphlets Like most boys who have become authors, I made attempts in literary composition independently of those which were directly encouraged by my master. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 But he lived to reach this dreary resting-place, and immediately devoted himself to the charms of literary composition and letters to his friends. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity He spent most of his time in his chambers in literary composition, or in the galleries of the House of Commons listening to the debates. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam As a rule, it is taken at the end of the day, when work is over; but when he resumes literary composition the quality of a writer's work seems deteriorated. Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life They lived and worked at a time when the whole atmosphere and even the paraphernalia of literary composition had just undergone a considerable change. Proserpine and Midas Edward Alexander of Halifax.—Attempts in literary composition.—Contributions to the "Historic Times."—"Rome in 1849."—"Observations on Heraldry." Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 They had no opportunities of polishing their discourse, or their literary compositions. The Life of the Fields Had he never written a poem, or given to the world a single literary composition, he would still have led, as a Weimar official, a useful and beneficent life. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam At this period his mind is engrossed with the principal thought or unit of the composition,—the dominant theme which is developed in every organic literary composition. Evolution of Expression — Volume 1 He told me he compared his art to literary composition. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 "It regards some literary compositions of yours to which I have taken exception." Half a Rogue Is it the one which attaches most importance to elements which are foreign to the nature of oral tradition altogether and only added in literary composition? Prolegomena At first he wrote slowly, as though engaged on a literary composition, with erasions, insertions. Born in Exile The morning he spent in his small bedroom in the soothing throes of literary composition. The Fortunate Youth The drama was written in verse, a form of literary composition foreign to Balzac's talent. Balzac Most of the members agreed that, however much they may admire the pamphlet as a literary composition, they do not think that in its present form it is quite suitable for publication. The Gadfly The play had no special merit as a literary composition, but the character of Sellers delighted the public, and both author and actor were richly repaid for their entertainment. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) Any kind of literary composition was excessively difficult for Mrs. Eddy. Christian Science All those literary compositions were historic tales; and they were not composed for mere amusement, but possessed in the eyes of learned men a real authority in point of fact. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Meantime, Cicero was also devoting much time to literary composition, and his letters show great dejection over the political situation, and a somewhat wavering attitude towards the various parties in the state. Treatises on Friendship and Old Age As a literary composition," he remarked in his soft, cold voice, "it is utterly worthless, and could be admired only by persons who know nothing about literature. The Gadfly In vain I attempted to engage in some literary composition; I was involuntarily impelled to write upon other topics. My Ten Years' Imprisonment While, as of course you know, Comrade Jarvis," he said, "there is no agony like the agony of literary composition, such toil has its compensations. Psmith, Journalist Shakespeare pronounced Venus and Adonis “the first heir of his invention,” apparently implying that it was his first effort at literary composition. Is Shakespeare Dead? From my autobiography. Dionysius was a warm patron of literature, and was anxious to gain distinction by his literary compositions. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest I didn't feel, somehow, that it was quite right, quite fair, I might almost say, to produce a literary composition unconsciously. Crome Yellow E. J. Craddock, interloper, was sitting at my table, with elbows squared and head on one side, in the act of literary composition. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Like the Scriptures, Plato admits of endless applications, if we allow for the difference of times and manners; and we lose the better half of him when we regard his Dialogues merely as literary compositions. Phaedrus She could now forget them comfortably and give herself up to the delights of audacious thought and literary composition. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Superior to “The Pilgrim’s Progress” as a literary composition, this last work must be pronounced decidedly inferior to it in attractive power. The Life of John Bunyan |
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