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Page 331
... proportion and many others , ought also to be agreeable in both . A certain proportion may coincide in both ; and among an endless variety of proportions , it would be wonderful , if there never should be a coincidence . One ex- ample ...
... proportion and many others , ought also to be agreeable in both . A certain proportion may coincide in both ; and among an endless variety of proportions , it would be wonderful , if there never should be a coincidence . One ex- ample ...
Page 333
... proportion of the length and breadth . At that rate , I should not be happy but in one precife fpot , where the proportion appears agreeable . Let me fur- ther observe , that it would be fingular in- deed , to find in the nature of man ...
... proportion of the length and breadth . At that rate , I should not be happy but in one precife fpot , where the proportion appears agreeable . Let me fur- ther observe , that it would be fingular in- deed , to find in the nature of man ...
Page 336
... proportions . The intercolumniations must also differ in proportion according to the height of the row . Proportion of parts is not only itself a beauty , but is infeparably connected with a beauty of the first magnitude . Parts that in ...
... proportions . The intercolumniations must also differ in proportion according to the height of the row . Proportion of parts is not only itself a beauty , but is infeparably connected with a beauty of the first magnitude . Parts that in ...
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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