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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... less fo , from these to the exalted pleafures of morality and religion . We ftand therefore engaged in honour , as well as intereft to fecond the purposes of nature , by cultivating the pleafures of the eye and ear , thofe efpecially ...
... less fo , from these to the exalted pleafures of morality and religion . We ftand therefore engaged in honour , as well as intereft to fecond the purposes of nature , by cultivating the pleafures of the eye and ear , thofe efpecially ...
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... less than the fine arts , make a deep impreffion , and couns terbalance every irregular dente : at the fame time , a temper calm and fedate is not easily imoved , eveu by a strong temptation . 4 the fcience . I am forced to except ...
... less than the fine arts , make a deep impreffion , and couns terbalance every irregular dente : at the fame time , a temper calm and fedate is not easily imoved , eveu by a strong temptation . 4 the fcience . I am forced to except ...
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... 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 pleasure of falling with rain ...
... 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 pleasure of falling with rain ...
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... less welcome in proportion to the degree of their connection with the principal fubject . In the following paffage different things are brought together without the flighteft con- nection , Lib.lin , 173 . nection , if it be not what ...
... less welcome in proportion to the degree of their connection with the principal fubject . In the following paffage different things are brought together without the flighteft con- nection , Lib.lin , 173 . nection , if it be not what ...
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... less pow- erful . It is unhappily indeed the reverfe of the former ; for it has done more mifchief by corrupting British man- ners , than mufic ever did good by purifying those of Arcadia . The licentious court of Charles II . among its ...
... less pow- erful . It is unhappily indeed the reverfe of the former ; for it has done more mifchief by corrupting British man- ners , than mufic ever did good by purifying those of Arcadia . The licentious court of Charles II . among its ...
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