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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... proper tone of mind , nothing can be more happily contrived than the exhilarating pleat- ures of the eye and ear . On the other hand , any intenfe exercife of intellectual powers , becomes painful by overftraining the mind ceffation ...
... proper tone of mind , nothing can be more happily contrived than the exhilarating pleat- ures of the eye and ear . On the other hand , any intenfe exercife of intellectual powers , becomes painful by overftraining the mind ceffation ...
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... proper care , greatly improved . In this refpect , a tafte . in the fine arts goes hand in hand with the moral fenfe , to which indeed it is nearly al- lied : both of them difcover what is right , and what is wrong : fafhion , temper ...
... proper care , greatly improved . In this refpect , a tafte . in the fine arts goes hand in hand with the moral fenfe , to which indeed it is nearly al- lied : both of them difcover what is right , and what is wrong : fafhion , temper ...
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... proper or improper , what manly , and what mean or trivial . Hence a foundation for reafoning upon the taste of any individual , and for paffing fentence upon it ; where it is conformable to principles , we can pronounce with certainty ...
... proper or improper , what manly , and what mean or trivial . Hence a foundation for reafoning upon the taste of any individual , and for paffing fentence upon it ; where it is conformable to principles , we can pronounce with certainty ...
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... to his duty , than that of cultivat- ing a tafte in the fine arts : a juft relifh of what is beautiful , proper , clegant , and ornamental , in in writing or painting , in architecture or gar- dening INTRODUCTION . 59.
... to his duty , than that of cultivat- ing a tafte in the fine arts : a juft relifh of what is beautiful , proper , clegant , and ornamental , in in writing or painting , in architecture or gar- dening INTRODUCTION . 59.
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