Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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Page vi
... principles that ought to govern the taste of every individual . IT is rare to find one born with fuch delicacy of feeling , as not to need in- ftruction it is equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable of ...
... principles that ought to govern the taste of every individual . IT is rare to find one born with fuch delicacy of feeling , as not to need in- ftruction it is equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable of ...
Page viii
... principles , ripen'd by early cul- ture ; and for that reafon , you will be the more difpofed to favour every ratio- nal plan for advancing the art of training up youth . Among the many branches of education , that which tends to make ...
... principles , ripen'd by early cul- ture ; and for that reafon , you will be the more difpofed to favour every ratio- nal plan for advancing the art of training up youth . Among the many branches of education , that which tends to make ...
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... principles common to all men . The defign of the prefent undertaking , which afpires not to morali- ty , is , to examine the fenfitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally a- greeable , as well as thofe that ...
... principles common to all men . The defign of the prefent undertaking , which afpires not to morali- ty , is , to examine the fenfitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally a- greeable , as well as thofe that ...
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... principles of the fine arts , redoubles the pleasure we derive from them . To the man who resigns himself to feeling without interpofing any judgement , poetry , mufic , painting , are mere pastime . In the prime of life indeed they are ...
... principles of the fine arts , redoubles the pleasure we derive from them . To the man who resigns himself to feeling without interpofing any judgement , poetry , mufic , painting , are mere pastime . In the prime of life indeed they are ...
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... principles , furnishes elegant fubjects for conversation , and prepares us for acting in the social state with dignity and propriety . The fcience of rational criticism tends to improve the heart no less than the understanding . It ...
... principles , furnishes elegant fubjects for conversation , and prepares us for acting in the social state with dignity and propriety . The fcience of rational criticism tends to improve the heart no less than the understanding . It ...
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