Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... tion it is equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable of inftruc- tion . And yet , to refine our tafte with re- fpect to beauties of art or of nature , is scarce endeavoured in any feminary of learn- ing a ...
... tion it is equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable of inftruc- tion . And yet , to refine our tafte with re- fpect to beauties of art or of nature , is scarce endeavoured in any feminary of learn- ing a ...
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... tion . To relish a fine countenance , a rich landscape , or a vivid colour , culture is unneceffary . The obfervation holds equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the ...
... tion . To relish a fine countenance , a rich landscape , or a vivid colour , culture is unneceffary . The obfervation holds equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the ...
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... tion . The author of this treatise far from being confident of meriting no cenfure , entertains not even the flightest hope of fuch perfection . Amufe- ment was at firft the fole aim of his inquiries . Proceeding from one particular to ...
... tion . The author of this treatise far from being confident of meriting no cenfure , entertains not even the flightest hope of fuch perfection . Amufe- ment was at firft the fole aim of his inquiries . Proceeding from one particular to ...
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... tion . The two prefaces of Salluft look as if they had been prefixed by fome blunder to his two hiftories . They will fuit any other history as well , or any subject as well as history . Even the mem- * Lin . 231 . + Lin . 136 . bers + ...
... tion . The two prefaces of Salluft look as if they had been prefixed by fome blunder to his two hiftories . They will fuit any other history as well , or any subject as well as history . Even the mem- * Lin . 231 . + Lin . 136 . bers + ...
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... tion nor paffion ever ftarts up in the mind , with- out a known caufe . If I love a person , it is for good qualities or good offices : if I have refentment against a man , it must be for fome injury he has done me , and I cannot pity ...
... tion nor paffion ever ftarts up in the mind , with- out a known caufe . If I love a person , it is for good qualities or good offices : if I have refentment against a man , it must be for fome injury he has done me , and I cannot pity ...
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