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... elevation : being sweet and moderately exhilarating , they are in their tone equally distant from the turbulence of passion , and the pleasure as existing in the nostrils along with the impression made by the rose upon that organ . And ...
... elevation : being sweet and moderately exhilarating , they are in their tone equally distant from the turbulence of passion , and the pleasure as existing in the nostrils along with the impression made by the rose upon that organ . And ...
Page 35
... Elevation touches the mind no less than grandeur doth ; and in raising the mind to elevated objects , there is a sen- * A train of perceptions or ideas , with respect to its uniformity and va- riety , is handled afterwards , chap . 9 ...
... Elevation touches the mind no less than grandeur doth ; and in raising the mind to elevated objects , there is a sen- * A train of perceptions or ideas , with respect to its uniformity and va- riety , is handled afterwards , chap . 9 ...
Page 36
... elevation ; and therefore , the pleasure of falling with rain , and descending gradually with a river , prevails over that of mounting upward . But where the course of nature is joined with elevation , the effect must be delightful ...
... elevation ; and therefore , the pleasure of falling with rain , and descending gradually with a river , prevails over that of mounting upward . But where the course of nature is joined with elevation , the effect must be delightful ...
Page 168
... elevation ; which is , that the mind at- tached to beauties of a high rank , cannot descend to in- ferior beauties . The best artists accordingly have in all ages been governed by a taste for simplicity . How comes it then that we find ...
... elevation ; which is , that the mind at- tached to beauties of a high rank , cannot descend to in- ferior beauties . The best artists accordingly have in all ages been governed by a taste for simplicity . How comes it then that we find ...
Page 175
... elevation concur to make a complicated impression : the Alps and the Peake of Te- neriffe are proper examples ; with the following difference , that in the former greatness seems to prevail , elevation in the latter . The emotions ...
... elevation concur to make a complicated impression : the Alps and the Peake of Te- neriffe are proper examples ; with the following difference , that in the former greatness seems to prevail , elevation in the latter . The emotions ...
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