Elements of Criticism, Volume 1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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... equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable of instruc- tion . And yet , to refine our tafte with re- spect to beauties of art or of nature , is fcarce endeavoured in any feminary of learning ; a lamentable defect ...
... equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable of instruc- tion . And yet , to refine our tafte with re- spect to beauties of art or of nature , is fcarce endeavoured in any feminary of learning ; a lamentable defect ...
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... equally in every one of the external fenfes . But there is a difference as to our knowledge of that impreffion in touching , tasting , and smelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion ; that , for exam- ple , which is made upon the hand ...
... equally in every one of the external fenfes . But there is a difference as to our knowledge of that impreffion in touching , tasting , and smelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion ; that , for exam- ple , which is made upon the hand ...
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... equally distant from the turbulence of paffion , and the languor of in- dolence ; and by that tone are perfectly well qualified , not only to revive the spirits when funk by fenfual gratification , but also to relax them when ...
... equally distant from the turbulence of paffion , and the languor of in- dolence ; and by that tone are perfectly well qualified , not only to revive the spirits when funk by fenfual gratification , but also to relax them when ...
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... equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , hath accurately fuited them to each other . But of a poem , a cantata , a ...
... equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , hath accurately fuited them to each other . But of a poem , a cantata , a ...
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... equally pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cases ; and in a due courfe of difcipline , custom , which improves all our faculties , bestows acuteness on that of rea- fon , fon , fufficient ...
... equally pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cases ; and in a due courfe of difcipline , custom , which improves all our faculties , bestows acuteness on that of rea- fon , fon , fufficient ...
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