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... agreeable method of becoming contented with ourselves . CON INTRODUCTION On Taste . Criticism . Geniu ty in Objects Sublimity in W Beauty and oth Origin and Pro Rise and Pro Structure of Structure of Style . Per Structure The same ...
... agreeable method of becoming contented with ourselves . CON INTRODUCTION On Taste . Criticism . Geniu ty in Objects Sublimity in W Beauty and oth Origin and Pro Rise and Pro Structure of Structure of Style . Per Structure The same ...
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... agreeable . Hogarth observes very ingeniously , that all the cominon and necessary motions for the business of life are performed in straight or plane lines ; but that the graceful and ornamental movements are made in curve lines ; an ...
... agreeable . Hogarth observes very ingeniously , that all the cominon and necessary motions for the business of life are performed in straight or plane lines ; but that the graceful and ornamental movements are made in curve lines ; an ...
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... agreeable emotion . Hence that passion of curiosity , which prevails so gene- rally in mankind . Objects and ideas , which have been long familiar , make too faint an im- pression to give an agreeable exercise to our fa- culties . New ...
... agreeable emotion . Hence that passion of curiosity , which prevails so gene- rally in mankind . Objects and ideas , which have been long familiar , make too faint an im- pression to give an agreeable exercise to our fa- culties . New ...
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... agreeable sound , or mo- dulation in general , without any particular ex- pression . Next , the sound so ordered , as to be- come expressive of the sense . The first is the more common ; the second the superior beauty . The beauty of ...
... agreeable sound , or mo- dulation in general , without any particular ex- pression . Next , the sound so ordered , as to be- come expressive of the sense . The first is the more common ; the second the superior beauty . The beauty of ...
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... agreeable objects , are described by one who feels his subject , the lan guage naturally runs in smooth , liquid , and flow- ing numbers . -Namque ipsa decoram Cæsariem nato genetrix , lumenque juventa Purpureum , et lætos oculis ...
... agreeable objects , are described by one who feels his subject , the lan guage naturally runs in smooth , liquid , and flow- ing numbers . -Namque ipsa decoram Cæsariem nato genetrix , lumenque juventa Purpureum , et lætos oculis ...
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