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... me to hope for your Majefty's patronage in behalf of the follow- ing work , which treats of the Fine Arts , and attempts to form a standard of taste , by unfolding 4 [ iv ] thofe principles that ought to govern the a 2.
... me to hope for your Majefty's patronage in behalf of the follow- ing work , which treats of the Fine Arts , and attempts to form a standard of taste , by unfolding 4 [ iv ] thofe principles that ought to govern the a 2.
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... taste of the fine arts , derived from ra- tional principles , furnifhes elegant fubjects for converfation , and prepares us for acting in the focial ftate with dignity and propriety . The fcience of rational criticism tends to improve ...
... taste of the fine arts , derived from ra- tional principles , furnifhes elegant fubjects for converfation , and prepares us for acting in the focial ftate with dignity and propriety . The fcience of rational criticism tends to improve ...
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... 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 other paffions , that , upon occafion , may difturb ...
... 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 other paffions , that , upon occafion , may difturb ...
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that tendency , we need only reflect , that delicacy of taste neceffarily heightens our feeling of pain and pleasure ; and of course our sympathy , which is the capital branch of every focial paffion . Sym- pathy invites a communication ...
that tendency , we need only reflect , that delicacy of taste neceffarily heightens our feeling of pain and pleasure ; and of course our sympathy , which is the capital branch of every focial paffion . Sym- pathy invites a communication ...
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... taste of fome than of others in the remainder of the ode , Plancus is exhorted to drown his cares in wine . Having narrowly escaped death by the fall of a tree , this poet takes occafion to obferve just- ly , that while we guard against ...
... taste of fome than of others in the remainder of the ode , Plancus is exhorted to drown his cares in wine . Having narrowly escaped death by the fall of a tree , this poet takes occafion to obferve just- ly , that while we guard against ...
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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