Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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... fhall be unfolded in the courfe of this work . In the mean time , for inftant fatisfaction in part , they will be pleased to accept the following fpecimen . It is required in every work of art , that , like an organic fyftem , the ...
... fhall be unfolded in the courfe of this work . In the mean time , for inftant fatisfaction in part , they will be pleased to accept the following fpecimen . It is required in every work of art , that , like an organic fyftem , the ...
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... fhall be diftinguished by the name of emotions . What is now faid about the production of paffion , refolves into a very simple propofition , That we love what is pleafant , and hate what is painful . And indeed it is evident , that ...
... fhall be diftinguished by the name of emotions . What is now faid about the production of paffion , refolves into a very simple propofition , That we love what is pleafant , and hate what is painful . And indeed it is evident , that ...
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... fhall be revenged , and what means I fhall employ . Thefe particulars are not lefs obvious than natural . But as the paffions of fear and anger , fo far as inftinc- tive ,, are lefs familiar to us , and their nature gene- rally not ...
... fhall be revenged , and what means I fhall employ . Thefe particulars are not lefs obvious than natural . But as the paffions of fear and anger , fo far as inftinc- tive ,, are lefs familiar to us , and their nature gene- rally not ...
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... fhall take oc- cafion afterward to show , that this branch of the human conftitution , is contrived with admirable wifdom and is fubfervient to excellent purposes . In the mean time , I must endeavour to unfold , by what means fiction ...
... fhall take oc- cafion afterward to show , that this branch of the human conftitution , is contrived with admirable wifdom and is fubfervient to excellent purposes . In the mean time , I must endeavour to unfold , by what means fiction ...
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... fhall be mentioned in their proper places . One specimen , being a fine illustration , I chufe to give at prefent . In a historical poem reprefenting hu- man actions , it is a rule , that no improbable inci- dent ought to be admitted ...
... fhall be mentioned in their proper places . One specimen , being a fine illustration , I chufe to give at prefent . In a historical poem reprefenting hu- man actions , it is a rule , that no improbable inci- dent ought to be admitted ...
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