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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... feelings of the former from that of the latter ; every feeling , pleafant or painful , muft be in the mind ; and yet , because in tafting , touching , and smelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion See the Appendix , 13 . made VOL . I ...
... feelings of the former from that of the latter ; every feeling , pleafant or painful , muft be in the mind ; and yet , because in tafting , touching , and smelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion See the Appendix , 13 . made VOL . I ...
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... feeling caufed by that impreffion ; but , with refpect to feeing and hearing , being infenfible of the organic impreffion , we are not mifled to affign a wrong place to the pleasant or painful feelings caufed by that impreffion ; and ...
... feeling caufed by that impreffion ; but , with refpect to feeing and hearing , being infenfible of the organic impreffion , we are not mifled to affign a wrong place to the pleasant or painful feelings caufed by that impreffion ; and ...
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... feelings , as well as the intellect- ual harmony , though it afpires to inflame . devotion , difdains not to improve the relish of a banquet . The pleafures of the eye and the ear have other valuable properties befide thofe of dignity ...
... feelings , as well as the intellect- ual harmony , though it afpires to inflame . devotion , difdains not to improve the relish of a banquet . The pleafures of the eye and the ear have other valuable properties befide thofe of dignity ...
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... feelings . The fine 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 ...
... feelings . The fine 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 ...
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... feeling without interpofing any judgment , poetry , mufic , painting , are mere paftime . In the prime of life , indeed , they are delightful , being fupported by the force of novelty , and the heat of imagination : but in time they ...
... feeling without interpofing any judgment , poetry , mufic , painting , are mere paftime . In the prime of life , indeed , they are delightful , being fupported by the force of novelty , and the heat of imagination : but in time they ...
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