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Page 29
... graceful if it be loofely connected with the principal fubject . I give for an example the defcent of Æneas into hell , which employs the fixth book of the Eneid : the reader is not prepa red for that important event : no cause is ...
... graceful if it be loofely connected with the principal fubject . I give for an example the defcent of Æneas into hell , which employs the fixth book of the Eneid : the reader is not prepa red for that important event : no cause is ...
Page 37
... graceful motion and genteel behaviour . intention , a capital circumstance in human actions , is not visible , it requires reflection to discover their true character : I fee one delivering a purfe of mo- ney to another , but I can make ...
... graceful motion and genteel behaviour . intention , a capital circumstance in human actions , is not visible , it requires reflection to discover their true character : I fee one delivering a purfe of mo- ney to another , but I can make ...
Page 256
... graceful , others plain and vulgar ; fome expreffing dignity , others mean- nefs . But the pleasure here , arifing , not fingly from the beauty of motion , but from indicating character 1 character and fentiment , belongs to different ...
... graceful , others plain and vulgar ; fome expreffing dignity , others mean- nefs . But the pleasure here , arifing , not fingly from the beauty of motion , but from indicating character 1 character and fentiment , belongs to different ...
Page 362
a good measure an uncultivated field , requires more than ordinary labor . Graceful is an attribute : grace and graceful- nefs exprefs that attribute in the form of a noun . That this attribute is agreeable , no one doubts . As grace is ...
a good measure an uncultivated field , requires more than ordinary labor . Graceful is an attribute : grace and graceful- nefs exprefs that attribute in the form of a noun . That this attribute is agreeable , no one doubts . As grace is ...
Page 363
... graceful , the next inquiry is , with what motions is this attribute connected ? No man appears graceful in a mask ; and therefore , laying aside the expreffions of the countenance , the other mo- tions may be genteel , may be elegant ...
... graceful , the next inquiry is , with what motions is this attribute connected ? No man appears graceful in a mask ; and therefore , laying aside the expreffions of the countenance , the other mo- tions may be genteel , may be elegant ...
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action againſt agreeable alfo appear arifing arts beauty becauſe Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe circumftances confequently congruity connexion contraft courfe courſe criticifm defcribed defcription defire degree difagreeable diffimilar diftinct diftinguifhed diftrefs dignity effect elevation emotion raiſed emotions and paffions exift expreffion faid fame fcarce feeling feems fenfe fenfible fentiment fhall fhort fhould fhows figure fimilar final caufe fingle fingular fion firft fo complex focial fome fometimes fpectator ftill ftrong fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient furprife fwell grandeur gratification hath himſelf ideal prefence ideas Iliad impreffion inftances itſelf ject lefs meaſure mind moft moſt motion mufic muft muſt nature nexion novelty obfcure obfervation objects of fight occafion oppofite Othello paffing pain perceive perceptions perfon pleaſant emotion pleaſure prefent produce produceth propenfity propriety puniſhment purpoſes qualities raife reafon refemblance refpect relation relifh riety rifible ſelfiſh tafte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe tion uniformity uſe variety