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This reasoning is confirmed by experience ; for it is a noted observation , That a
great or comprehensive memory is seldom connected with a good judgement .
As an additional confirmation , I appeal to another noted observation , That wit
and ...
This reasoning is confirmed by experience ; for it is a noted observation , That a
great or comprehensive memory is seldom connected with a good judgement .
As an additional confirmation , I appeal to another noted observation , That wit
and ...
Page 299
The same observation is applicable in fome measure to works of art . In a small
building the slightest irregularity is disagreeable . In a magnificent palace or a
large Gothic church , irregularities are less regarded . In an epic poem we pardon
...
The same observation is applicable in fome measure to works of art . In a small
building the slightest irregularity is disagreeable . In a magnificent palace or a
large Gothic church , irregularities are less regarded . In an epic poem we pardon
...
Page 403
And the knowledge we have obtained , will even at first view suggest a general
observation , That in every work of art , it must be agreeable to find that degree of
variety which corresponds to the natural course of our perceptions ; and that an ...
And the knowledge we have obtained , will even at first view suggest a general
observation , That in every work of art , it must be agreeable to find that degree of
variety which corresponds to the natural course of our perceptions ; and that an ...
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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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