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...comment, whatever crevices of fact, or action, may, from page to page, render themselves apparent. I prefer commencing with the consideration of an effect....generally) the soul is susceptible, what one shall I, en the present occasion, select ?" Having chosen a novel, first, and secondly a vivid effect, I consider...

...comment, whatever crevices of fact, or action, may, from page to page, render themselves apparent. I prefer commencing with the consideration of an effect....attainable a source of interest — I say to myself, in the fijst place, "Of the innumerable effects, or impressions, of which the heart, the intellect, or (more...

...prefer," he says in his essay, " instead of taking a theme from historical or contemporary incident, commencing with the consideration of an effect. Keeping...ventures to dispense with so obvious and so easily obtainable a source of interest — I say to myself, in the first place, ' Of the innumerable effects,...

...effect. Keeping originality always in view — for he is falso to himM'lf who ventures to dispeuse with so obvious and so easily attainable a source of interest — I say to myself, in the first plact-, '' Of the innumerable effects, or impressions, of which the heart, the int'llect, or (more...

...apparent. I prefer commencing with the consideration of an effect. — THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION. 263 Keeping originality always in view — for he is false...or (more generally) the soul is susceptible, what N. one shall I, on the present occasion, select?" Having chosen } a novel first, and secondly, a vivid...

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...and of the picturemaker. Edgar Allen Pee, in his " Essay on the Philosophy of Composition," says : " I prefer commencing with the consideration of an effect....himself who ventures to dispense with so obvious and easily obtainable a source of interest — I say to myself in the first place, ' of the innumerable...

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...authorial comment, whatever crevices of fact or action may, from page to page, render themselves apparent. I prefer commencing with the consideration of an effect. Keeping originality always in view—for he is false to himself who ventures to dispense with so obvious and so easily attainable...