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... means or inftrument conceived to be the agent . IN viewing a group of things , we have obviously a natural tendency to bestow all poffible perfection upon that particular object which makes the greatest figure . The emotion raised by ...
... means or inftrument conceived to be the agent . IN viewing a group of things , we have obviously a natural tendency to bestow all poffible perfection upon that particular object which makes the greatest figure . The emotion raised by ...
Page 139
... means . Words ,, which have no original beauty but what arises from their found , acquire an adventitious beauty from their meaning . A word fignifying any thing that is agreeable , becomes by that means agreeable ; for the ...
... means . Words ,, which have no original beauty but what arises from their found , acquire an adventitious beauty from their meaning . A word fignifying any thing that is agreeable , becomes by that means agreeable ; for the ...
Page 321
... means to an end , its perfection as a means is the ca- pital circumstance ; and every other beauty , in oppofition , is neglected as improper and impertinent . In things again intended for ornament , such as pillars , obelisks , tri ...
... means to an end , its perfection as a means is the ca- pital circumstance ; and every other beauty , in oppofition , is neglected as improper and impertinent . In things again intended for ornament , such as pillars , obelisks , tri ...
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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