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... appear ridiculous , that a critic , who makes no difficulty of fuppofing candle - light to be fun - fhine , and fome ... appears a child at the beginning . The mind rejects as contrary to all proba- bility , M m 2 bility , fuch latitude ...
... appear ridiculous , that a critic , who makes no difficulty of fuppofing candle - light to be fun - fhine , and fome ... appears a child at the beginning . The mind rejects as contrary to all proba- bility , M m 2 bility , fuch latitude ...
Page 300
... appear larger ; but an artificial lake , which must always be little , appears ftill lefs by making an ifland in it * . In forming plans for embellishing a field , an antift void of tafte deals in ftraight lines , * See appendix to part ...
... appear larger ; but an artificial lake , which must always be little , appears ftill lefs by making an ifland in it * . In forming plans for embellishing a field , an antift void of tafte deals in ftraight lines , * See appendix to part ...
Page 342
... appear lefs than it is in rea- lity . Any invention to reconcile these with grandeur , would be a capital improvement in architecture . Next of ornaments , which contribute greatly to give buildings ... appears 342 GARDENING AND Ch . XXIV .
... appear lefs than it is in rea- lity . Any invention to reconcile these with grandeur , would be a capital improvement in architecture . Next of ornaments , which contribute greatly to give buildings ... appears 342 GARDENING AND Ch . XXIV .
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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