Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I(-II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... arts are contrived to give pleafure to the eye and the ear , difregarding the inferior fenfes . A tafte for thefe arts is a plant that grows naturally in many foils ; but , without ) culture , fcarce to perfection in any foil : it is ...
... arts are contrived to give pleafure to the eye and the ear , difregarding the inferior fenfes . A tafte for thefe arts is a plant that grows naturally in many foils ; but , without ) culture , fcarce to perfection in any foil : it is ...
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... arts , like morals , become a rational fcience ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refine- ment . Manifold are the advantages of criticifm , when thus ftudied as a rational feience . In the first place , a ...
... arts , like morals , become a rational fcience ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refine- ment . Manifold are the advantages of criticifm , when thus ftudied as a rational feience . In the first place , a ...
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... arts , inures the refect- ing mind to the moft enticing fort of logie the practice of reasoning upon fubjects so agree- able , tends to a habit , and a habit ftrengthening the reafoning faculties , prepares the mind for en- tering into ...
... arts , inures the refect- ing mind to the moft enticing fort of logie the practice of reasoning upon fubjects so agree- able , tends to a habit , and a habit ftrengthening the reafoning faculties , prepares the mind for en- tering into ...
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... arts are of the fame kind with thofe which regulate our con- duct . Mathematical and metaphyfical reafon- . ings have no tendency to improve our knowl- edge of man ; nor are they applicable to the common affairs of life but a just tafte ...
... arts are of the fame kind with thofe which regulate our con- duct . Mathematical and metaphyfical reafon- . ings have no tendency to improve our knowl- edge of man ; nor are they applicable to the common affairs of life but a just tafte ...
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... to his duty , than that of cultivat- ing a tafte in the fine arts : a juft relifh of what is beautiful , proper , clegant , and ornamental , in in writing or painting , in architecture or gar- dening INTRODUCTION . 59.
... to his duty , than that of cultivat- ing a tafte in the fine arts : a juft relifh of what is beautiful , proper , clegant , and ornamental , in in writing or painting , in architecture or gar- dening INTRODUCTION . 59.
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