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Page 26
... alacrity , I affure them beforehand , that the foregoing fpeculation leads to many important rules of criticifm , which shall be unfolded in the courfe of this work . In the mean time , 26 Ch . I. PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
... alacrity , I affure them beforehand , that the foregoing fpeculation leads to many important rules of criticifm , which shall be unfolded in the courfe of this work . In the mean time , 26 Ch . I. PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
Page 106
... shall endeavour to explain these terms by fami- liar examples . Viewing a fine garden , I perceive it to be beautiful or agreeable ; and I confider the beauty or agreeablenefs as belonging to the object , or as one of its qualities ...
... shall endeavour to explain these terms by fami- liar examples . Viewing a fine garden , I perceive it to be beautiful or agreeable ; and I confider the beauty or agreeablenefs as belonging to the object , or as one of its qualities ...
Page 171
... shall be illuftrated by examples . After finifhing a journey through a populous country , the frequency of agreeable objects diftin & ly re- collected by the traveller , makes the time spent in the journey appear to him longer than it ...
... shall be illuftrated by examples . After finifhing a journey through a populous country , the frequency of agreeable objects diftin & ly re- collected by the traveller , makes the time spent in the journey appear to him longer than it ...
Page 230
... Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and deftruction fhall be fo in ufe , And dreadful objects fo familiar . That mothers fhall but fmile , when they behold Their infants quarter'd by the hands of war , All pity chok'd with ...
... Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and deftruction fhall be fo in ufe , And dreadful objects fo familiar . That mothers fhall but fmile , when they behold Their infants quarter'd by the hands of war , All pity chok'd with ...
Page 248
... 'd , And valour and heroic virtue call'd ; To overcome in battle , and subdue Nations , and bring home fpoils with infinite Manslaughter , shall be held the highest pitch Of human 248 GRANDEUR AND SUBLIMITY . Ch . IV .
... 'd , And valour and heroic virtue call'd ; To overcome in battle , and subdue Nations , and bring home fpoils with infinite Manslaughter , shall be held the highest pitch Of human 248 GRANDEUR AND SUBLIMITY . Ch . IV .
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