Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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... proper tone of mind , nothing can be more happily contri- ved than the exhilarating pleasures of the eye and On the other hand , any intense exercise of intellectual powers , becomes painful by overstrain- ing the mind : ceffation from ...
... proper tone of mind , nothing can be more happily contri- ved than the exhilarating pleasures of the eye and On the other hand , any intense exercise of intellectual powers , becomes painful by overstrain- ing the mind : ceffation from ...
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... proper care , greatly improved . In this refpect , a taste in the fine arts goes hand in hand with the moral sense , to which indeed it is nearly allied : both of them discover what is right and what is wrong : fashion , temper , and ...
... proper care , greatly improved . In this refpect , a taste in the fine arts goes hand in hand with the moral sense , to which indeed it is nearly allied : both of them discover what is right and what is wrong : fashion , temper , and ...
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... proper , ele- gant , and ornamental , in writing or painting , in architecture or gardening , is a fine preparation for the fame just relish of these qualities in character and behaviour . To the man who has acquired a tafte fo acute ...
... proper , ele- gant , and ornamental , in writing or painting , in architecture or gardening , is a fine preparation for the fame just relish of these qualities in character and behaviour . To the man who has acquired a tafte fo acute ...
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... proper , fuch as may express any number of parts less than the whole . This he thinks is fignified by the title he has chosen , viz . ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM . ELE . : ? 1 ELEMENTS O F CRITICIS M. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . 15.
... proper , fuch as may express any number of parts less than the whole . This he thinks is fignified by the title he has chosen , viz . ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM . ELE . : ? 1 ELEMENTS O F CRITICIS M. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . 15.
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... proper connection , we are con scious of a certain pleasure arifing from that cir- cumftance . Among objects of equal rank , the pleasure is proportioned to the degree of connec- tion : but among unequal objects , where we re- quire a ...
... proper connection , we are con scious of a certain pleasure arifing from that cir- cumftance . Among objects of equal rank , the pleasure is proportioned to the degree of connec- tion : but among unequal objects , where we re- quire a ...
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