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... appear larger ; but an artificial lake , which must always be little , appears ftill lefs by making an iland in it * . In forming plans for embellifhing a field , an antift void of tafte deals in ftraight lines , Sce appendix to part 5 ...
... appear larger ; but an artificial lake , which must always be little , appears ftill lefs by making an iland in it * . In forming plans for embellifhing a field , an antift void of tafte deals in ftraight lines , Sce appendix to part 5 ...
Page 344
... appear useless . If a blind window there- fore be neceffary for regularity , it ought to be fo disguised , as not to be diftinguithed from the real windows . If it appear to be a blind window , it is disgustful , as a vain at- tempt to ...
... appear useless . If a blind window there- fore be neceffary for regularity , it ought to be fo disguised , as not to be diftinguithed from the real windows . If it appear to be a blind window , it is disgustful , as a vain at- tempt to ...
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... appear an emblem . But this is not all , nor the chief point . Every emblem ought to be rejected that is not clearly expreffive of its meaning : if it be in any degree obfcure , it never can be re- lifhed . The temples of Ancient and ...
... appear an emblem . But this is not all , nor the chief point . Every emblem ought to be rejected that is not clearly expreffive of its meaning : if it be in any degree obfcure , it never can be re- lifhed . The temples of Ancient and ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo allegory alſo appears architecture arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered courſe defined deſcription diftinguiſhed diſagreeable effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fect fenfe fenfible fenſe fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome fpeech ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath Henry VI himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject 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 principle proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II rule ſcarce ſcene ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe words