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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... principles common to all men . The defign of the pref- ent undertaking , which afpires not to morali- ty , is , to examine the fenfitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable as well as thofe that ...
... principles common to all men . The defign of the pref- ent undertaking , which afpires not to morali- ty , is , to examine the fenfitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable as well as thofe that ...
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... principles , we can pronounce with certainty that it is correct ; otherwife , that it is incorrect , and perhaps whimfical . Thus the fine arts , like morals , become a rational fcience ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high ...
... principles , we can pronounce with certainty that it is correct ; otherwife , that it is incorrect , and perhaps whimfical . Thus the fine arts , like morals , become a rational fcience ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high ...
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... principles of the fine arts , inures the refect- ing mind to the moft enticing fort of logie the practice of reasoning upon fubjects so agree- able , tends to a habit , and a habit ftrengthening the reafoning faculties , prepares the ...
... principles of the fine arts , inures the refect- ing mind to the moft enticing fort of logie the practice of reasoning upon fubjects so agree- able , tends to a habit , and a habit ftrengthening the reafoning faculties , prepares the ...
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... principles , fur- nifhes elegant fubjects for converfation , and pre- pares us for acting in the focial ftate with dig- nity and propriety . The fcience of rational criticifm tends to im- prove the heart no lefs than the understanding ...
... principles , fur- nifhes elegant fubjects for converfation , and pre- pares us for acting in the focial ftate with dig- nity and propriety . The fcience of rational criticifm tends to im- prove the heart no lefs than the understanding ...
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... principles , nor lefs fub- miffive to authority , than it was originally . Boffu , a celebrated French critic , gives many rules ; but can discover no better foundation for any of them , than the practice merely of Ho- mer and Virgil ...
... principles , nor lefs fub- miffive to authority , than it was originally . Boffu , a celebrated French critic , gives many rules ; but can discover no better foundation for any of them , than the practice merely of Ho- mer and Virgil ...
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