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Page 364
... Uniformity of taste gives opportunity for fumptuous and elegant buildings , for fine gardens , and ex- tensive embellishments , which please uni- verfally . Works of this nature could never have reached any degree of perfection , had ...
... Uniformity of taste gives opportunity for fumptuous and elegant buildings , for fine gardens , and ex- tensive embellishments , which please uni- verfally . Works of this nature could never have reached any degree of perfection , had ...
Page 390
... uniformity is , where the parts mutually correfpond , but without being precisely fimilar . The uniformity is imperfect betwixt two fquares or cubes of unequal dimenfions ; and ftill more so be- twixt a square and a parallelogram . 25 ...
... uniformity is , where the parts mutually correfpond , but without being precisely fimilar . The uniformity is imperfect betwixt two fquares or cubes of unequal dimenfions ; and ftill more so be- twixt a square and a parallelogram . 25 ...
Page 391
... uniformity a- gain is predicated of these parts as related to each other by resemblance . We say , a square is a regular , not an uniform figure : but with respect to the conftituent parts of a fquare , we say not that they are regular ...
... uniformity a- gain is predicated of these parts as related to each other by resemblance . We say , a square is a regular , not an uniform figure : but with respect to the conftituent parts of a fquare , we say not that they are regular ...
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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