Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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... Figures , Ch . 21. Narration and defcription , Ch . 22. Epic and dramatic compofitions , Ch . 23. The three unities , Ch . 24. Gardening and architecture , Ch . 25. Standard of tafte , Appendix , 24301 29 321 2 354 2 368 In 2 174 2 246 ...
... Figures , Ch . 21. Narration and defcription , Ch . 22. Epic and dramatic compofitions , Ch . 23. The three unities , Ch . 24. Gardening and architecture , Ch . 25. Standard of tafte , Appendix , 24301 29 321 2 354 2 368 In 2 174 2 246 ...
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... figure in his mind , have no power to introduce ideas . And hence it is , that accurate judgement is not friendly to declamation or copious eloquence . This reafoning is confirm- ed by experience ; for it is a noted obfervation , That a ...
... figure in his mind , have no power to introduce ideas . And hence it is , that accurate judgement is not friendly to declamation or copious eloquence . This reafoning is confirm- ed by experience ; for it is a noted obfervation , That a ...
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... the relations of objects and their arrangement . Relations make no capital figure in the mind : the bulk of them * Part 1. fect . 4 . are are tranfitory , and fome extremely trivial . They are 24 Ch . I. PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
... the relations of objects and their arrangement . Relations make no capital figure in the mind : the bulk of them * Part 1. fect . 4 . are are tranfitory , and fome extremely trivial . They are 24 Ch . I. PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
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... figure ab- ftractly confidered that produces the emotion , but the tree confidered as of a certain figure . And hence by the way it appears , that the beauty of fuch an object is complex , refolvable into several beauties more fimple ...
... figure ab- ftractly confidered that produces the emotion , but the tree confidered as of a certain figure . And hence by the way it appears , that the beauty of fuch an object is complex , refolvable into several beauties more fimple ...
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... figure fome grand and heroic action , highly agreeable to the fpecta- tor . Befide a fingular veneration for the author , the fpectator feels in himself an unusual dignity of character , which difpofeth him to great and no- ble actions ...
... figure fome grand and heroic action , highly agreeable to the fpecta- tor . Befide a fingular veneration for the author , the fpectator feels in himself an unusual dignity of character , which difpofeth him to great and no- ble actions ...
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