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Page 356
... standard . Independent altogether of experience , men have a fenfe or conviction of a com- mon nature or standard , not only in their own species , but in every species of animals . And hence it is a matter of wonder , to find any ...
... standard . Independent altogether of experience , men have a fenfe or conviction of a com- mon nature or standard , not only in their own species , but in every species of animals . And hence it is a matter of wonder , to find any ...
Page 358
... standard , the pro- verb mentioned in the beginning would hold univerfally , not only in the fine arts but in morals : upon that fuppofition , the taste of every man , with refpect to both , would to himself be an ultimate standard ...
... standard , the pro- verb mentioned in the beginning would hold univerfally , not only in the fine arts but in morals : upon that fuppofition , the taste of every man , with refpect to both , would to himself be an ultimate standard ...
Page 365
... standard of taste , which without hesitation is apply'd to the taste of every individual . This ftandard , ascertain- ing what actions are right what wrong , what proper what improper , hath enabled moralists to establish rules for our ...
... standard of taste , which without hesitation is apply'd to the taste of every individual . This ftandard , ascertain- ing what actions are right what wrong , what proper what improper , hath enabled moralists to establish rules for our ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word