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... an attempt made to reduce it to some certain standard . The rule laid down for the discharge of this task was , that when- ever Mr. Burke could be perceived to have been uniform ever ADVERTISEMENT . XXV The Beautiful in Sounds.
... an attempt made to reduce it to some certain standard . The rule laid down for the discharge of this task was , that when- ever Mr. Burke could be perceived to have been uniform ever ADVERTISEMENT . XXV The Beautiful in Sounds.
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... Sound and Loudness XVIII . Suddenness XIX . Intermitting XX . The Cries of Animals XXI . Smell and Taste . Bitters and Stenches 198 XXII . Feeling . Pain 200 PART III . I. Of Beauty II . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Vegetables ...
... Sound and Loudness XVIII . Suddenness XIX . Intermitting XX . The Cries of Animals XXI . Smell and Taste . Bitters and Stenches 198 XXII . Feeling . Pain 200 PART III . I. Of Beauty II . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Vegetables ...
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... Sounds XXVI . Taste and Smell • 238 240 • 242 • • 243 • • ibid . • 244 245 • 246 • ibid . • • 247 249 252 XXVII . The Sublime and Beautiful compared 253 PART IV . I. Of the efficient Cause of the Sublime and Beautiful 255 II ...
... Sounds XXVI . Taste and Smell • 238 240 • 242 • • 243 • • ibid . • 244 245 • 246 • ibid . • • 247 249 252 XXVII . The Sublime and Beautiful compared 253 PART IV . I. Of the efficient Cause of the Sublime and Beautiful 255 II ...
Page 120
... sound- ness , but a readiness of judgment , as men do by the same methods on all other occasions . At first they are obliged to spell , but at last they read with ease and with celerity ; but this celerity of its operation is no proof ...
... sound- ness , but a readiness of judgment , as men do by the same methods on all other occasions . At first they are obliged to spell , but at last they read with ease and with celerity ; but this celerity of its operation is no proof ...
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... sound ; here is no removal of pleasure ; and yet here is felt in every sense which is affected , a pain very distinguishable . It may be said , perhaps , that the pain in these cases had its rise from the removal of the pleasure which ...
... sound ; here is no removal of pleasure ; and yet here is felt in every sense which is affected , a pain very distinguishable . It may be said , perhaps , that the pain in these cases had its rise from the removal of the pleasure which ...
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