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... Elevation touches the mind no lefs A train of perceptions or ideas , with refpect to its uniformity and variety , is handled afterward , chap . 9 . than grandeur doth ; and in raising the mind to Ch , I. 25 IN A TRAIN .
... Elevation touches the mind no lefs A train of perceptions or ideas , with refpect to its uniformity and variety , is handled afterward , chap . 9 . than grandeur doth ; and in raising the mind to Ch , I. 25 IN A TRAIN .
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... elevation ; and therefore , the pleasure of falling with rain , and defcending gradually with a river , prevails over that of mounting upward . But where the course of nature is joined with ele- vation , the effect must be delightful ...
... elevation ; and therefore , the pleasure of falling with rain , and defcending gradually with a river , prevails over that of mounting upward . But where the course of nature is joined with ele- vation , the effect must be delightful ...
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... elevation ; which is , that the mind attached to beauties of a high rank , cannot defcend to inferior beauties . The beft artists accordingly have in all ages been go- See the Appendix , containing definitions , and ex- planation of ...
... elevation ; which is , that the mind attached to beauties of a high rank , cannot defcend to inferior beauties . The beft artists accordingly have in all ages been go- See the Appendix , containing definitions , and ex- planation of ...
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... elevation of an object affects us no lefs than its magnitude : a high place is chofen for the flatue of a deity or hero : a tree growing on the brink of a precipice , looks charming when viewed from the plain below : a throne is erected ...
... elevation of an object affects us no lefs than its magnitude : a high place is chofen for the flatue of a deity or hero : a tree growing on the brink of a precipice , looks charming when viewed from the plain below : a throne is erected ...
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In fome objects , greatnefs and elevation concur to make a complicated impreffion the Alps and the Peak of Teneriff are proper examples ; with the following difference , that in the former greatness feems to prevail , elevation in the ...
In fome objects , greatnefs and elevation concur to make a complicated impreffion the Alps and the Peak of Teneriff are proper examples ; with the following difference , that in the former greatness feems to prevail , elevation in the ...
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