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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Page 11
... elevation : being fweet and moderately ex- hilarating , they are in their tone equally diftant from the turbulence of paffion , and the langour of indolence ; and by that tone are perfectly well qualified , not only to revive the ...
... elevation : being fweet and moderately ex- hilarating , they are in their tone equally diftant from the turbulence of paffion , and the langour of indolence ; and by that tone are perfectly well qualified , not only to revive the ...
Page 31
... Elevation touches the mind no less than grandeur doth ; and in raifing the mind to elevated objects , there is a fenfible pleasure the courfe of nature , however , hath ftill a greater influence than elevation ; and therefore , the ...
... Elevation touches the mind no less than grandeur doth ; and in raifing the mind to elevated objects , there is a fenfible pleasure the courfe of nature , however , hath ftill a greater influence than elevation ; and therefore , the ...
Page 161
... elevation ; which is , that the mind attached to beauties of a high rank , cannot defcend to inferior beauties . The beft artifts accordingly have in all ages been governed by a tafte for fimplicity . How comes it then that we find pro ...
... elevation ; which is , that the mind attached to beauties of a high rank , cannot defcend to inferior beauties . The beft artifts accordingly have in all ages been governed by a tafte for fimplicity . How comes it then that we find pro ...
Page 169
... elevation concur to make a complicated impreffion : the Alps and the Peak of Teneriff are proper examples ; with the fol- lowing difference , that in the former greatnefs feems to prevail , elevation in the latter . The emotions raised ...
... elevation concur to make a complicated impreffion : the Alps and the Peak of Teneriff are proper examples ; with the fol- lowing difference , that in the former greatnefs feems to prevail , elevation in the latter . The emotions raised ...
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... elevation : looking down becomes then only painful when the object is fo far below as to create dizziness ; and even when that is the cafe , we feel a fort of pleasure mix- ed with the pain , witnefs Shakespear's defcription of Dover ...
... elevation : looking down becomes then only painful when the object is fo far below as to create dizziness ; and even when that is the cafe , we feel a fort of pleasure mix- ed with the pain , witnefs Shakespear's defcription of Dover ...
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