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Page 89
... Tafte 121 95 SECT . I. Novelty - PART I. II . Pain and Pleasure - III . The Difference between the removal of Pain and positive Pleasure - - IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other V. Joy and Grief - - VI . Of the ...
... Tafte 121 95 SECT . I. Novelty - PART I. II . Pain and Pleasure - III . The Difference between the removal of Pain and positive Pleasure - - IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other V. Joy and Grief - - VI . Of the ...
Page 91
... Tafte . Bitters and Stenches XXII . Feeling . Pain . PART III . 1. Of Beauty - - 203 II . Proportion not the caufe of Beauty in Vege- tables 205 III . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals IV . Proportion not the cause of Beauty ...
... Tafte . Bitters and Stenches XXII . Feeling . Pain . PART III . 1. Of Beauty - - 203 II . Proportion not the caufe of Beauty in Vege- tables 205 III . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals IV . Proportion not the cause of Beauty ...
Page 96
... make this point as clear as possible ; for if tafte has no fixed principles , if the imagination is not affected according to fome invariable and certain certain laws , our labour is like to be employed 96 INTRODUCTION .
... make this point as clear as possible ; for if tafte has no fixed principles , if the imagination is not affected according to fome invariable and certain certain laws , our labour is like to be employed 96 INTRODUCTION .
Page 97
... tafte , like all other figurative terms , is not extremely accurate ; the thing which we understand by it , is far from a fimple and deter- minate idea in the minds of most men , and it is therefore liable to uncertainty and confufion ...
... tafte , like all other figurative terms , is not extremely accurate ; the thing which we understand by it , is far from a fimple and deter- minate idea in the minds of most men , and it is therefore liable to uncertainty and confufion ...
Page 100
... tafte . A four temper , bitter expreffions , bitter curfes , a bitter fate , are terms well and strongly understood by all . And we are altogether as well understood when we say , a sweet disposition , a sweet person , a fweet condition ...
... tafte . A four temper , bitter expreffions , bitter curfes , a bitter fate , are terms well and strongly understood by all . And we are altogether as well understood when we say , a sweet disposition , a sweet person , a fweet condition ...
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