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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... light ; and defects or blemishes , natural to all , are fuppreffed , or kept out of view ! In the next place , delicacy of tafte tends no lefs to invigorate the focial affections , than to moderate thofe that are felfifh . To be con ...
... light ; and defects or blemishes , natural to all , are fuppreffed , or kept out of view ! In the next place , delicacy of tafte tends no lefs to invigorate the focial affections , than to moderate thofe that are felfifh . To be con ...
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... light would be difguftful , care is taken to dif guife their deformity under the embellishments of wit , fprightlinefs , and good humour , which in mixed com- pany makes a capital figure . It requires not much thought to difcover the ...
... light would be difguftful , care is taken to dif guife their deformity under the embellishments of wit , fprightlinefs , and good humour , which in mixed com- pany makes a capital figure . It requires not much thought to difcover the ...
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... light Did all the chivalry of England move , To do brave acts . He was indeed the glass , Wherein the noble youths did drefs themselves . He had no legs that practis'd not his gait : And fpeaking thick , which Nature made his blemish ...
... light Did all the chivalry of England move , To do brave acts . He was indeed the glass , Wherein the noble youths did drefs themselves . He had no legs that practis'd not his gait : And fpeaking thick , which Nature made his blemish ...
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... appear in a ftill clearer light , by oppofing ideal prefence to ideas raifed by a curfory narrative ; which ideas being faint , ob- fcure , fcure , and imperfect , leave a vacuity in the 80 CHAP . II . Emotions and Paffions .
... appear in a ftill clearer light , by oppofing ideal prefence to ideas raifed by a curfory narrative ; which ideas being faint , ob- fcure , fcure , and imperfect , leave a vacuity in the 80 CHAP . II . Emotions and Paffions .
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... light ; and it merits attention , not only for its extenfive use in criti , eifm , but for the nobler purpose of deciphering many intricacies in the actions of men . Beginning with ins ternal effects , I difcover two , clearly ...
... light ; and it merits attention , not only for its extenfive use in criti , eifm , but for the nobler purpose of deciphering many intricacies in the actions of men . Beginning with ins ternal effects , I difcover two , clearly ...
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