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Page vii
... means more effi- cacious , than the venting opulence up- on the Fine Arts : riches fo employ'd , in- ftead of encouraging vice , will excite both public and private virtue . Of this happy effect , ancient Greece furnishes one shining ...
... means more effi- cacious , than the venting opulence up- on the Fine Arts : riches fo employ'd , in- ftead of encouraging vice , will excite both public and private virtue . Of this happy effect , ancient Greece furnishes one shining ...
Page viii
... means to prevent fuch depravity but ear- ly and virtuous difcipline ? The British difcipline is fufceptible of great improve- ments ; and if we can hope for them , it must be from a young and accomplish- ed Prince , eminently fenfible ...
... means to prevent fuch depravity but ear- ly and virtuous difcipline ? The British difcipline is fufceptible of great improve- ments ; and if we can hope for them , it must be from a young and accomplish- ed Prince , eminently fenfible ...
Page xvi
... Means or Inftrument concei- ved to be the agent , 5. A figure which , among related Ob- jects , extends the Properties of ` one to another , 6. Metaphor and Allegory , 7. Figure of Speech , Table - 268 275 299 1. Subjects expressed ...
... Means or Inftrument concei- ved to be the agent , 5. A figure which , among related Ob- jects , extends the Properties of ` one to another , 6. Metaphor and Allegory , 7. Figure of Speech , Table - 268 275 299 1. Subjects expressed ...
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... means to difcover , if we can , what are the genuine principles of the fine arts . The man who afpires to be a ... mean or trivial . Hence a foundation for reasoning upon the taste of any individual , and for paffing sentence upon it ...
... means to difcover , if we can , what are the genuine principles of the fine arts . The man who afpires to be a ... mean or trivial . Hence a foundation for reasoning upon the taste of any individual , and for paffing sentence upon it ...
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Henry Home. courfe of this work . In the mean time , for in stant fatisfaction in part , they will be pleased to accept the following specimen . Every work of art that is conformable to the natural course of our ideas , is fo far ...
Henry Home. courfe of this work . In the mean time , for in stant fatisfaction in part , they will be pleased to accept the following specimen . Every work of art that is conformable to the natural course of our ideas , is fo far ...
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