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... gives . not inftant relief ; it is neceffary that the void be filled with fome amufement , gently relaxing the fpirits organic pleafure , which hath no relish but while we are in vigor , is ill qualified for that office ; but the finer ...
... gives . not inftant relief ; it is neceffary that the void be filled with fome amufement , gently relaxing the fpirits organic pleafure , which hath no relish but while we are in vigor , is ill qualified for that office ; but the finer ...
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... give pleasure to the eye and the ear , difregarding the inferior fenfes . A tafte for these arts is a plant . that grows naturally in many foils ; but , without culture , fcarce to perfection in any foil : it is fuf- ceptible of much ...
... give pleasure to the eye and the ear , difregarding the inferior fenfes . A tafte for these arts is a plant . that grows naturally in many foils ; but , without culture , fcarce to perfection in any foil : it is fuf- ceptible of much ...
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... give him pain . On the other hand , a man võid of taste , upon whom even ftriking beauties make but a faint impreffion , indulges pride or envy without con- trol , and loves to brood over errors and ble- mishes . In a word , there are ...
... give him pain . On the other hand , a man võid of taste , upon whom even ftriking beauties make but a faint impreffion , indulges pride or envy without con- trol , and loves to brood over errors and ble- mishes . In a word , there are ...
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... gives many rules ; but can difcover no better foun- dation for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil , fupported by the authority of Aristotle : Strange ! that in fo long a work , he fhould never once have ftumbled ...
... gives many rules ; but can difcover no better foun- dation for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil , fupported by the authority of Aristotle : Strange ! that in fo long a work , he fhould never once have ftumbled ...
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... give law to mankind ; and that nothing now remains , but blind obedience to their arbitrary will : if in writing they followed no rule , why fhould they be imitated ? if they ftudied nature and were obfequious to rational principles ...
... give law to mankind ; and that nothing now remains , but blind obedience to their arbitrary will : if in writing they followed no rule , why fhould they be imitated ? if they ftudied nature and were obfequious to rational principles ...
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