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 91
... person and malice , being to a spectator a difagreea- ble object , produceth in him the painful paffion of hatred to the malicious perfon . We are now prepared for examples of pleafant paf- fions that are difagreeable , and of painful ...
... person and malice , being to a spectator a difagreea- ble object , produceth in him the painful paffion of hatred to the malicious perfon . We are now prepared for examples of pleafant paf- fions that are difagreeable , and of painful ...
Page 166
... person of genius and tafte endeavour to reftore ancient fim- plicity . * The diftinction between primary and fecondary qualities in matter , feems now fully established . Heat and cold , fmell and taste , though feeming to exift in ...
... person of genius and tafte endeavour to reftore ancient fim- plicity . * The diftinction between primary and fecondary qualities in matter , feems now fully established . Heat and cold , fmell and taste , though feeming to exift in ...
Page 286
... person of taste can bear witness ; and that it is confined to that fenfe , appears from in- duction ; for it is not an object of fmell , nor of taste , nor of touch . Is it an object of hearing ? Some mu- fic indeed is termed graceful ...
... person of taste can bear witness ; and that it is confined to that fenfe , appears from in- duction ; for it is not an object of fmell , nor of taste , nor of touch . Is it an object of hearing ? Some mu- fic indeed is termed graceful ...
Page 288
... person whofe countenance has little ex- preffion : fuch a perfon cannot be graceful . There- fore , to produce this appearance , we muft add another circumftance , namely , an expreffive countenance , difplaying to every fpectator of ...
... person whofe countenance has little ex- preffion : fuch a perfon cannot be graceful . There- fore , to produce this appearance , we muft add another circumftance , namely , an expreffive countenance , difplaying to every fpectator of ...
Page 331
... person of humanity , and yet has in a great measure been overlooked ; which is , that cuf- tom hath a greater influence than any other known cause , to put the rich and the poor upon a level : weak pleasures , the share of the latter ...
... person of humanity , and yet has in a great measure been overlooked ; which is , that cuf- tom hath a greater influence than any other known cause , to put the rich and the poor upon a level : weak pleasures , the share of the latter ...
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