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" The latter form of composition is presumed to aim at a very minute fidelity, not merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's experience. The former — while as a work of art, it must rigidly subject itself to laws, and while... "
Confessions and Criticisms - Page 91
by Julian Hawthorne - 1887 - 266 pages
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The house of the seven gables

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1851 - 358 pages
...merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's experience. The former — while, as a work of art, it must rigidly subject itself...writer's own choosing or creation. If he think fit, also,.he may so manage his atmospherical medium as to bring out or mellow the lights, and deepen and...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's tales. Twice told tales, first and second series; Snow ...

Nathaniel [two or more stories] Hawthorne - 1866 - 596 pages
...merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's experience. The former—while, as a work of art, it must rigidly subject itself to...as it may swerve aside from the truth of the human heart—has fairly a right to present that truth under circumstances, to a great extent, of the writer's...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 28

Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1884 - 996 pages
...merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary, course of man's experience." The romance, " while, as a work of art. it must rigidly subject itself...extent, of the writer's own choosing or creation. . . He will be wise, no doubt, to make a very moderate use of the privileges here stated, and, especially,...
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Hawthorne's Works: The House of the Seven Gables and the Snow Image

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1875 - 640 pages
...merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's experience^ The former — while, as a work of art, it must rigidly subject itself to laws, and while it sins unpardonably BO far as it may swerve aside from the truth of the human heart — has fairly a right to present that...
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The Works of N. Hawthorne, Volume 12

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1879 - 638 pages
...— while, as a work of art, it must rigidly subjeet itself to laws, and while it sins unpardouably so far as it may swerve aside from the truth of the...— has fairly a right to present that truth under cireumstanees, to a great extent, of the writer's own choosing or ereation. If he think fit, also,...
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The house of seven gables, and The snow image, and other Twice-told tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883 - 664 pages
...merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's experience. The former — while, as a work of art, it must rigidly subject itself...extent, of the writer's own choosing or creation. Tt"he think fit, also, he may" so manage his atmospherical medium as to bring out or mellow the lights...
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The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne: The house of seven gables and The snow ...

1883 - 664 pages
...merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's experience. The former — while, as a work of art, it must rigidly subject itself...so far as it may swerve aside from the truth of the hu11 ia 1 1 heart — has fairly a right to present that truth under circumstances, to a great extent,...
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The Structure of English Prose: A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric

John George Repplier McElroy - 1885 - 374 pages
...merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's experience. The former — while, as a work of art, it must rigidly subject itself...extent, of the writer's own choosing or creation. If he tJUink fit, also, he may so manage his atmospherical medium as 1 But see § 67, below, * Baldwin's...
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American Literature: A Text-book for the Use of Schools and Colleges

Julian Hawthorne, William Leonard Lemmon - 1891 - 378 pages
...was that enabled him to write " Hawthornesque " romance, which, " while, as a work of art, it msst -rigidly subject itself to laws," and "while it sins...extent, of the writer's own choosing or creation." But, in pruning, he strengthened his imagination, until he could see through the changing and turbulent...
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Syllabi of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching

American Society for Extension of University Teaching - 1897 - 476 pages
...merely to the possible, but to the probable and ordinary course of man's experience. The former — while, as a work of art, it must rigidly subject itself to laws, aud while it MHS unp:iri!onubly so lUr as it may swerve aside from the truth of the human heart —...
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