Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 243
... beauty of the human figure is extraordinary , being a compofition of numberless beauties arifing from the parts and qualities of the object , various colours , various motions , figure , fize , & c .; all u- niting in one complex ...
... beauty of the human figure is extraordinary , being a compofition of numberless beauties arifing from the parts and qualities of the object , various colours , various motions , figure , fize , & c .; all u- niting in one complex ...
Page 257
... beauty , fo as that it cannot exist without them . The contrary appears in the beauty of colour . Far lefs have I said , that an object cannot be agreeable in any respect independent of these qualities . Grandeur , as distinguished from ...
... beauty , fo as that it cannot exist without them . The contrary appears in the beauty of colour . Far lefs have I said , that an object cannot be agreeable in any respect independent of these qualities . Grandeur , as distinguished from ...
Page 260
... beauty be a primary or only a fecondary quality of objects ? The queftion is eafily determined with respect to the beauty of colour ; for if colour be a fecondary quality existing no where but in the mind of the fpectator , its beauty ...
... beauty be a primary or only a fecondary quality of objects ? The queftion is eafily determined with respect to the beauty of colour ; for if colour be a fecondary quality existing no where but in the mind of the fpectator , its beauty ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo anger appears arts beauty becauſe betwixt Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe circumſtances compariſon confideration confidered connection contraft courſe criticiſm defcribing defire deſcription diftrefs diſagreeable diſcover diſtinct diſtinguiſhed diſtreſs effect emotion raiſed emotions and paffions exerciſe exiſtence faid fame feeling fenfe fenfible fhall fight fimilar fingle fingular fion firſt focial fome fometimes foon ftill fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf Iago ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances intereſting itſelf ject lefs leſs meaſure ment mind moſt motion mufic muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffing painful emotion paſ paſt perceive perceptions perfon pity pleaſant emotion pleaſure preſent produce produceth puniſh purpoſes qualities reaſon reflection reliſh remarkable reſemblance ſcarce ſelfiſh ſenſe ſeparate Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſtill ſtrong ſuch ſurpriſe taſte thefe theſe thing thoſe tion uſe variety