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T H E five senses agree in the following particular , that nothing external is
perceived till it first make an impression upon the organ of sense ; the impression
, for example , made upon the hand by a stone , upon the palate by sugar , and
upon ...
T H E five senses agree in the following particular , that nothing external is
perceived till it first make an impression upon the organ of sense ; the impression
, for example , made upon the hand by a stone , upon the palate by sugar , and
upon ...
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But a sense of order aids the transition in the latter case , and a sense of disorder
obstructs it in the former . It needs scarce be added , that in thinking or reflecting
on any of these particulars , and in passing from one to another ideally , we are ...
But a sense of order aids the transition in the latter case , and a sense of disorder
obstructs it in the former . It needs scarce be added , that in thinking or reflecting
on any of these particulars , and in passing from one to another ideally , we are ...
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The foregoing observation leads us naturally to consider grandeur and sublimity
in a figurative sense , and as applicable to the fine arts . Hitherto I have
considered these terms in their proper meaning , as applicable to objects of sight
only ...
The foregoing observation leads us naturally to consider grandeur and sublimity
in a figurative sense , and as applicable to the fine arts . Hitherto I have
considered these terms in their proper meaning , as applicable to objects of sight
only ...
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action agreeable alſo appears arts beauty becauſe becomes betwixt body caſe cauſe circumſtances colour common connection conſidered courſe delightful deſire directed diſagreeable diſtinguiſhed diſtreſs effect elevation emotion equally event example exerted external extremely fame feeling felt figure fion firſt force former give grandeur gratification hand hath Hence human ideas imagination impreſſion influence inſtances itſelf ject kind latter leſs light manner means meaſure ment mind moſt motion move muſt nature never novelty object obſervation occaſion oppoſite painful particular paſſion perceive perceptions perſon pity pleaſant pleaſure preſent principle proceed produce proper proportion qualities raiſed reaſon reflection regularity relation reliſh remarkable requires reſemblance reſpect rule ſame ſcarce ſenſe ſenſible ſhall ſhould ſimilar ſingle ſome ſpectator ſtill ſubject ſucceſſion ſuch ſurpriſe taſte termed theſe thing thoſe thought tion train uniformity variety whole wonder
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| Title | Elements of Criticism, Volume 1 Classics in art and literary criticism Elements of Criticism, Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Author | Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 |
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