The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
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Page 111
... clear , and another to make it affecting to the imagination . If I make a drawing of a palace , or a temple , or a landscape , I pre- sent a very clear idea of those objects ; but then ( allow- ing for the effect of imitation , which is ...
... clear , and another to make it affecting to the imagination . If I make a drawing of a palace , or a temple , or a landscape , I pre- sent a very clear idea of those objects ; but then ( allow- ing for the effect of imitation , which is ...
Page 171
... clear , even , smooth , and weak . The second is ; that great variety , and quick transitions from one measure or tone to another , are contrary to the genius of the beautiful in music . Such transitions 1 often excite mirth , or other ...
... clear , even , smooth , and weak . The second is ; that great variety , and quick transitions from one measure or tone to another , are contrary to the genius of the beautiful in music . Such transitions 1 often excite mirth , or other ...
Page 172
... clear and settled idea of visual beauty than this way of examining the similar pleasures of other senses ; for one part is sometimes clear in one of the senses , that is more obscure in another ; and where there is a clear concurrence ...
... clear and settled idea of visual beauty than this way of examining the similar pleasures of other senses ; for one part is sometimes clear in one of the senses , that is more obscure in another ; and where there is a clear concurrence ...
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