Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 257
... regularity , order , and uniformity , are effential to 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 ...
... regularity , order , and uniformity , are effential to 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 ...
Page 259
... regularity in great objects as well as in fmall ; but with a re- markable difference , that in paffing from small to great , regularity is lefs and less re- quired . The distinction betwixt primary and fe- condary qualities in matter ...
... regularity in great objects as well as in fmall ; but with a re- markable difference , that in paffing from small to great , regularity is lefs and less re- quired . The distinction betwixt primary and fe- condary qualities in matter ...
Page 299
... regularity . And when the emotion is at its height by a furvey of the greatest ob- jects , order and regularity are almost totally difregarded . The fame obfervation is applicable in fome measure to works of art . In a small building ...
... regularity . And when the emotion is at its height by a furvey of the greatest ob- jects , order and regularity are almost totally difregarded . The fame obfervation is applicable in fome measure to works of art . In a small building ...
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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