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Page 156
And this multiplied effect is felt from objects even of different senses ; as where a
landscape is conjoined with the music of birds and odor of flowers . Such
multiplied effect , as above hinted , depends partly on the resemblance of the
emotions ...
And this multiplied effect is felt from objects even of different senses ; as where a
landscape is conjoined with the music of birds and odor of flowers . Such
multiplied effect , as above hinted , depends partly on the resemblance of the
emotions ...
Page 268
We feel this to be a pleasant effect ; and we feel no such effect in contracting the
mind upon little objects . This may be illustrated by considering grandeur in an
enemy . Beauty is an agreeable quality , whether in a friend or enemy ; and when
...
We feel this to be a pleasant effect ; and we feel no such effect in contracting the
mind upon little objects . This may be illustrated by considering grandeur in an
enemy . Beauty is an agreeable quality , whether in a friend or enemy ; and when
...
Page 364
The whole effect is produced upon the principal subject , which by this means is
elevated above its rank or depressed below it . In accounting for the effect that
any unusual resemblance or contrast has upon the mind , I have hitherto
assigned ...
The whole effect is produced upon the principal subject , which by this means is
elevated above its rank or depressed below it . In accounting for the effect that
any unusual resemblance or contrast has upon the mind , I have hitherto
assigned ...
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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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