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... elevation , is where the object is seen distinctly ; a greater elevation lessens in appearance the object , till it vanish out of sight with its pleasant emotion . The same is equally remarkable in figurative grandeur and elevation ...
... elevation , is where the object is seen distinctly ; a greater elevation lessens in appearance the object , till it vanish out of sight with its pleasant emotion . The same is equally remarkable in figurative grandeur and elevation ...
Page 162
... elevation , falls as from a height ; and the fall is immoderate like the elevation : where that effect is not felt , it must be prevented by some obscurity in the conception , which frequently attends the description of unknown objects ...
... elevation , falls as from a height ; and the fall is immoderate like the elevation : where that effect is not felt , it must be prevented by some obscurity in the conception , which frequently attends the description of unknown objects ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames Peter Jones. of elevation , the artful introduction of an humbling object , makes the fall great in proportion to the elevation . Of this observation Shakespear gives a beautiful example , in the passage last quoted ...
Lord Henry Home Kames Peter Jones. of elevation , the artful introduction of an humbling object , makes the fall great in proportion to the elevation . Of this observation Shakespear gives a beautiful example , in the passage last quoted ...
Contents
Beauty of Language with respect to Signification | 18 |
Beauty of Language from a resemblance between Sound and Signification | 83 |
Influence of Passion with respect to our Perceptions Opinions and Belief 152 | 112 |
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