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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... Nature bath afforded for computing Time and Space , 95- 102 124 134 6. Refemblance of Emotions to their Caufes , 144 fre 147 157 169 7. Final Caufes of the more fre quent Emotions and Paffions , 3. Beauty , 4. Grandeur and Sublimity , 5 ...
... Nature bath afforded for computing Time and Space , 95- 102 124 134 6. Refemblance of Emotions to their Caufes , 144 fre 147 157 169 7. Final Caufes of the more fre quent Emotions and Paffions , 3. Beauty , 4. Grandeur and Sublimity , 5 ...
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... nature and middle place be- tween organic and intellectual pleafures , qualify them to affociate with both ; beauty heightens all the organic feelings , as well as the intellect- ual harmony , though it afpires to inflame . devotion ...
... nature and middle place be- tween organic and intellectual pleafures , qualify them to affociate with both ; beauty heightens all the organic feelings , as well as the intellect- ual harmony , though it afpires to inflame . devotion ...
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... natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook .. Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , hath accurately fuited them to each other . But of a poem , a cântata , a picture ...
... natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook .. Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , hath accurately fuited them to each other . But of a poem , a cântata , a picture ...
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... nature , and governed by 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 ...
... nature , and governed by 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 ...
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... nature . It could not furely be his opinion , that thefe poets , however emi- nent for genius , were entitled to give law to mankind ; and that nothing now remains , but blind obedience to their arbitrary will : if in writing they ...
... nature . It could not furely be his opinion , that thefe poets , however emi- nent for genius , were entitled to give law to mankind ; and that nothing now remains , but blind obedience to their arbitrary will : if in writing they ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appear arifing arts beauty becauſe Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe chap circumftances colour confequently confiderable connection courfe defcribing defcription defire degree difagreeable diftrefs diſcover diſtinguiſh effect elevation emotion raiſed emotions and paffions example exift expreffed expreffion external figns faid fame fcarce feeling feems feldom fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhort fhould figure fimilar fingle fingular fion firft firſt focial fome fometimes fpectator ftill fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient furpriſe fwell fympathy grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances itſelf ject juft lefs meaſure mind moft moſt motion mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation occafion oppofite Othello paffage paffing pain perceptions perfon pleafant emotion pleaſant pleaſure prefent produce produceth propenfity puniſhment purpoſes qualities raife reafon refemblance refpect relifh Shakeſpear ſtate tafte taſte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion uſe