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Page 209
... lively description to overbalance the difagreeableness of the image raised by itt . This however is no encouragement to deal in disagreeable sub- jects ; for the pleasure is out of fight greater where the subject and the description are ...
... lively description to overbalance the difagreeableness of the image raised by itt . This however is no encouragement to deal in disagreeable sub- jects ; for the pleasure is out of fight greater where the subject and the description are ...
Page 368
... lively impreffions of beau- ty , grandeur , and proportion , as without exception to command the general taste . There appears to me great contrivance , in diftinguishing thus the moral fense from a tafte in the fine arts . The former ...
... lively impreffions of beau- ty , grandeur , and proportion , as without exception to command the general taste . There appears to me great contrivance , in diftinguishing thus the moral fense from a tafte in the fine arts . The former ...
Page 384
... lively than that of any other object . A fine paffage in mufic , may , for a mo- ment , be recalled to the mind with tolera- ble accuracy : but the idea of any other ob- ject , and alfo of found after the shortest in- terval , is ...
... lively than that of any other object . A fine paffage in mufic , may , for a mo- ment , be recalled to the mind with tolera- ble accuracy : but the idea of any other ob- ject , and alfo of found after the shortest in- terval , is ...
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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