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... principles of taste , and the perception of the Sublime and the Beautiful , exist , in a greater or less degree , in every mind ; and as every man fami- liar with the subject , must be sensible that English EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... principles of taste , and the perception of the Sublime and the Beautiful , exist , in a greater or less degree , in every mind ; and as every man fami- liar with the subject , must be sensible that English EDITOR'S PREFACE .
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... principles of the fine The man who aspires to be a critic in these arts must pierce still deeper . He must acquire a clear perception of what objects are lofty , what low , what proper or improper , what manly , and what mean or trivial ...
... principles of the fine The man who aspires to be a critic in these arts must pierce still deeper . He must acquire a clear perception of what objects are lofty , what low , what proper or improper , what manly , and what mean or trivial ...
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... principles , we can pronounce with certainty that it is correct ; otherwise , that it is incorrect , and perhaps whimsical . Thus the fine arts , like morals , become a rational science ; and , like Imorals , may be cultivated to a high ...
... principles , we can pronounce with certainty that it is correct ; otherwise , that it is incorrect , and perhaps whimsical . Thus the fine arts , like morals , become a rational science ; and , like Imorals , may be cultivated to a high ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames Abraham Mills. rational principles , furnishes elegant subjects for conversation , and prepares us for acting in the social state with dignity and propriety . The science of rational criticism tends to improve the ...
Lord Henry Home Kames Abraham Mills. rational principles , furnishes elegant subjects for conversation , and prepares us for acting in the social state with dignity and propriety . The science of rational criticism tends to improve the ...
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... principles , nor less submissive to authority , than it was originally . Bossu , a celebrated French critic , gives many rules ; but can discover no better founda- tion for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil ...
... principles , nor less submissive to authority , than it was originally . Bossu , a celebrated French critic , gives many rules ; but can discover no better founda- tion for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil ...
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Page 242 - tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two...