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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... common and the most gen- eral - Paffion confidered as productive of Action , 2. Power of Sounds to raise Emo- tions and Paffions , -- 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Joy . and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Vir- tue , and its caufe , 5 ...
... common and the most gen- eral - Paffion confidered as productive of Action , 2. Power of Sounds to raise Emo- tions and Paffions , -- 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Joy . and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Vir- tue , and its caufe , 5 ...
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... of a poem , a cāntata , a picture , or other artificial production , a true relish is not common- ly attained , without fome ftudy and much practice . " fuch as arife from poetry , painting , fculpture , B3 INTRODUCTION . 13.
... of a poem , a cāntata , a picture , or other artificial production , a true relish is not common- ly attained , without fome ftudy and much practice . " fuch as arife from poetry , painting , fculpture , B3 INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... common to all men . The defign of the pref- ent undertaking , which afpires not to morali- ty , is , to examine the fenfitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable as well as thofe that are naturally ...
... common to all men . The defign of the pref- ent undertaking , which afpires not to morali- ty , is , to examine the fenfitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable as well as thofe that are naturally ...
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... common affairs of life but a just tafte of the fine arts , derived from rational principles , fur- nifhes elegant fubjects for converfation , and pre- pares us for acting in the focial ftate with dig- nity and propriety . The fcience of ...
... common affairs of life but a just tafte of the fine arts , derived from rational principles , fur- nifhes elegant fubjects for converfation , and pre- pares us for acting in the focial ftate with dig- nity and propriety . The fcience of ...
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... common to find genius in one who is a prey to every paflion ; but feldom del- icacy of rafte . Upon a man pofffed of that bleffing , the moral duties , no less than the fine arts , make a deep impreffion , and couns terbalance every ...
... common to find genius in one who is a prey to every paflion ; but feldom del- icacy of rafte . Upon a man pofffed of that bleffing , the moral duties , no less than the fine arts , make a deep impreffion , and couns terbalance every ...
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