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Page 358
... common ftand- ard . If man were fo framed as not to have any notion of a common 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 ...
... common ftand- ard . If man were fo framed as not to have any notion of a common 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 ...
Page 361
... common standard . But there may be ex- ceptions , and experience fhows there are fome . There are inftances without num- ber , of persons who cling to the groffer a- musements of gaming , eating , drinking , without having any relish ...
... common standard . But there may be ex- ceptions , and experience fhows there are fome . There are inftances without num- ber , of persons who cling to the groffer a- musements of gaming , eating , drinking , without having any relish ...
Page 369
... common sense of mankind may be with refpect to the fine arts , it is yet the only standard in these as well as in morals . And when the matter is attentively confidered , this ftandard will be found lefs imperfect than it appears to be ...
... common sense of mankind may be with refpect to the fine arts , it is yet the only standard in these as well as in morals . And when the matter is attentively confidered , this ftandard will be found lefs imperfect than it appears to be ...
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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