Elements of Criticism, Volume 1John Bell and William Creech; and for T. Cadell, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London., 1788 - 2 pages |
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... relish of a banquet . The pleasures of the eye and the ear have other valuable properties befide those of dignity and e- levation being sweet and moderately exhilara- ting , they are in their tone equally diftant from the turbulence of ...
... relish of a banquet . The pleasures of the eye and the ear have other valuable properties befide those of dignity and e- levation being sweet and moderately exhilara- ting , they are in their tone equally diftant from the turbulence of ...
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... relish but while we are in vigour , is ill quali- fied for that office ; but the finer pleasures of fense , which occupy without exhausting the mind , are finely qualified to reftore its usual tone after severe application to study or ...
... relish but while we are in vigour , is ill quali- fied for that office ; but the finer pleasures of fense , which occupy without exhausting the mind , are finely qualified to reftore its usual tone after severe application to study or ...
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... But of a poem , a cantata , a picture , or other artificial produc- tion , a true relish is not commonly attained , without fome study and much practice . 3 A feelings . : : feelings . The fine arts are contrived to INTRODUCTION . 5.
... But of a poem , a cantata , a picture , or other artificial produc- tion , a true relish is not commonly attained , without fome study and much practice . 3 A feelings . : : feelings . The fine arts are contrived to INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... relish ; and are generally neglected in the ma- turity of life , which difpofes to more ferious and more important occupations . To those who deal in criticism as a regular science , governed by juft principles , and giving fcope to ...
... relish ; and are generally neglected in the ma- turity of life , which difpofes to more ferious and more important occupations . To those who deal in criticism as a regular science , governed by juft principles , and giving fcope to ...
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... relish bad more than good qualities , even in a companion . How different that difpofition of mind , where every virtue in a companion or neighbour is , by refinement of taste , fet in its strongest light ; and defects or blemishes ...
... relish bad more than good qualities , even in a companion . How different that difpofition of mind , where every virtue in a companion or neighbour is , by refinement of taste , fet in its strongest light ; and defects or blemishes ...
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