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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... equally in every one of the external fenfes . But there is a difference as to our knowledge of that impref- fion in touching , tafting , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion ; that , for exam- ple , which is made upon the ...
... equally in every one of the external fenfes . But there is a difference as to our knowledge of that impref- fion in touching , tafting , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion ; that , for exam- ple , which is made upon the ...
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... 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 fpirits when funk by fenfual gratification , but also to relax them when overftrained ...
... 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 fpirits when funk by fenfual gratification , but also to relax them when overftrained ...
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... equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook .. Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , hath accurately fuited them to each other . But of a poem , a cântata , a ...
... equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook .. Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , hath accurately fuited them to each other . But of a poem , a cântata , a ...
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... equally pleafant and . familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cafes ; and in a due courfe of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our fac- ulties , beftows acutenefs on that of reafon , fuffi- cient to ...
... equally pleafant and . familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cafes ; and in a due courfe of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our fac- ulties , beftows acutenefs on that of reafon , fuffi- cient to ...
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... the difcerning faculty ; for a perfon who cannot accurately diftinguish between a flight con- nection and one that is more intimate , is equally affected C 2 by . by each fuch a perfon muft neceffarily have a great CHAP . I. 27 in a Train .
... the difcerning faculty ; for a perfon who cannot accurately diftinguish between a flight con- nection and one that is more intimate , is equally affected C 2 by . by each fuch a perfon muft neceffarily have a great CHAP . I. 27 in a Train .
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