Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 - Criticism |
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... elevation touches the mind not less than grandeur doth , and in raifing the mind to eleva- ted objects , there is a fenfible pleasure ; the course of nature , however , hath still a greater influence than elevation , and therefore the ...
... elevation touches the mind not less than grandeur doth , and in raifing the mind to eleva- ted objects , there is a fenfible pleasure ; the course of nature , however , hath still a greater influence than elevation , and therefore the ...
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... elevation ; which is , that the mind attached to beauties of a high rank , cannot defcend to infe- rior beauties . The best artists accordingly have in all ages been governed by a taste for fimplicity . How comes it then that we find ...
... elevation ; which is , that the mind attached to beauties of a high rank , cannot defcend to infe- rior beauties . The best artists accordingly have in all ages been governed by a taste for fimplicity . How comes it then that we find ...
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... elevation of an object affects us not lefs than its magnitude : a high place is chofen for the statue of a deity or hero : a tree growing on the brink of a precipice , looks charming when viewed from the plain below : a throne is erect ...
... elevation of an object affects us not lefs than its magnitude : a high place is chofen for the statue of a deity or hero : a tree growing on the brink of a precipice , looks charming when viewed from the plain below : a throne is erect ...
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... elevation in the latter . The emotions raised by great and by elevated objects , are clearly distinguishable , not only in the internal feeling , but even in their external ex- preffions . A great object makes the fpectator . endeavour ...
... elevation in the latter . The emotions raised by great and by elevated objects , are clearly distinguishable , not only in the internal feeling , but even in their external ex- preffions . A great object makes the fpectator . endeavour ...
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... elevation could not be fo : were little- nefs , and lownefs of place , difagreeable , they would occafion uninterrupted uneafiness . The difference between great and little with refpect to agreeablenefs , is remarkably felt in a feries ...
... elevation could not be fo : were little- nefs , and lownefs of place , difagreeable , they would occafion uninterrupted uneafiness . The difference between great and little with refpect to agreeablenefs , is remarkably felt in a feries ...
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