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Page 141
... painting , and other affecting arts , transfuse their passions from one breast to another , and are often capable of grafting a delight on wretchedness , misery , and death itself . It is a common observation , that objects which in the ...
... painting , and other affecting arts , transfuse their passions from one breast to another , and are often capable of grafting a delight on wretchedness , misery , and death itself . It is a common observation , that objects which in the ...
Page 145
... painting , and musick ; and when you have collected your audience , just at the mo- ment when their minds are erect with expectation , let it be reported that a state criminal of high rank is on the point of being executed in the ...
... painting , and musick ; and when you have collected your audience , just at the mo- ment when their minds are erect with expectation , let it be reported that a state criminal of high rank is on the point of being executed in the ...
Page 147
... . Herein it is that painting and many other agree- able arts have laid one of the principal foundations of their power . And since , by its influence on our manners and our passions , it is of such L2 our AND BEAUTIFUL .. 147.
... . Herein it is that painting and many other agree- able arts have laid one of the principal foundations of their power . And since , by its influence on our manners and our passions , it is of such L2 our AND BEAUTIFUL .. 147.
Page 148
... painting is such as we could have no desire of seeing in the reality , then I may be sure that its power in poetry or painting is owing to the power of imitation , and to no cause operating in the thing itself . So it is with most of ...
... painting is such as we could have no desire of seeing in the reality , then I may be sure that its power in poetry or painting is owing to the power of imitation , and to no cause operating in the thing itself . So it is with most of ...
Page 162
... painting . This experience constantly evinces . The proper manner of con- veying the affections of the mind from one to another , is by words ; there is a great insufficiency in all other methods of communication ; and so far is a ...
... painting . This experience constantly evinces . The proper manner of con- veying the affections of the mind from one to another , is by words ; there is a great insufficiency in all other methods of communication ; and so far is a ...
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