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 294
... less fatal than thofe of the groffeft injury : thefe truths may be in- culcated , by the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles at the fiege of Troy . If facts or circum- ftances be wanting , fuch as tend to roufe the turbulent paffions ...
... less fatal than thofe of the groffeft injury : thefe truths may be in- culcated , by the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles at the fiege of Troy . If facts or circum- ftances be wanting , fuch as tend to roufe the turbulent paffions ...
Page 339
... less than various . Hence the difficulty of forming an accurate tafte in gardening and architecture : and hence that difference and wavering of taste in these arts , greater than in any art that has but a fingle deftination ...
... less than various . Hence the difficulty of forming an accurate tafte in gardening and architecture : and hence that difference and wavering of taste in these arts , greater than in any art that has but a fingle deftination ...
Page 344
... less pleasure than would be felt in a flower fucceffion . Regularity is required in that part of a garden which is adjacent to the dwelling - houfe ; becaufe an immediate acceffory ought to partake the regularity of the principal object ...
... less pleasure than would be felt in a flower fucceffion . Regularity is required in that part of a garden which is adjacent to the dwelling - houfe ; becaufe an immediate acceffory ought to partake the regularity of the principal object ...
Page 357
... less or more according to the character of the building : in palaces , and other edifices fufficiently extenfive to admit a variety of ufeful contrivance , regularity juftly takes the lead ; but in dwelling - houfes that are too fmall ...
... less or more according to the character of the building : in palaces , and other edifices fufficiently extenfive to admit a variety of ufeful contrivance , regularity juftly takes the lead ; but in dwelling - houfes that are too fmall ...
Page 372
... less improper for the foot of a chair or table : because it gives it the appearance of weakness , inconfiftent with its deftination of bearing weight . Blind windows are fometimes introduced to preferve the appearance of regularity in ...
... less improper for the foot of a chair or table : because it gives it the appearance of weakness , inconfiftent with its deftination of bearing weight . Blind windows are fometimes introduced to preferve the appearance of regularity in ...
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