Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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Page 158
... buildings , cheer his mind , relieve him from the languor of uniformity , and without much lengthening his journey , in real- ity , fhorten it greatly in appearance . Next of comparisons that aggrandize or elevate . These affect us more ...
... buildings , cheer his mind , relieve him from the languor of uniformity , and without much lengthening his journey , in real- ity , fhorten it greatly in appearance . Next of comparisons that aggrandize or elevate . These affect us more ...
Page 339
... buildings in differ- ent views they may be destined for ufe folely , for beauty folely , or for both . Such variety of deftina ... building , perhaps more fucceff- fully than in a garden ; but as to the other emotions . above mentioned ...
... buildings in differ- ent views they may be destined for ufe folely , for beauty folely , or for both . Such variety of deftina ... building , perhaps more fucceff- fully than in a garden ; but as to the other emotions . above mentioned ...
Page 340
... building , even the moft magnificent , is necef- farily confined to one expreflion . Architecture , confidered as a fine art , inftead of being a rival to gardening in its progrefs , feems not far advanced beyond its infant ftate . To ...
... building , even the moft magnificent , is necef- farily confined to one expreflion . Architecture , confidered as a fine art , inftead of being a rival to gardening in its progrefs , feems not far advanced beyond its infant ftate . To ...
Page 341
... buildings , will indeed pro- duce an emotion of gloom and melancholy ; but fuch ornaments , if thefe can be termed fo ... building , pillars , vases , statues , and a profu- fion of carved work . Thus fome women defective in tafte , are ...
... buildings , will indeed pro- duce an emotion of gloom and melancholy ; but fuch ornaments , if thefe can be termed fo ... building , pillars , vases , statues , and a profu- fion of carved work . Thus fome women defective in tafte , are ...
Page 342
... buildings , " that nature and art may be mutually ornamental . third , approaching nearer perfection , is of objects af- " fembled together in order to produce , not only an emotion of beauty , but alfo fome other particular emotion ...
... buildings , " that nature and art may be mutually ornamental . third , approaching nearer perfection , is of objects af- " fembled together in order to produce , not only an emotion of beauty , but alfo fome other particular emotion ...
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