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... TASTE . A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION xvii 67 263 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " 66 THE • THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS · 269 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ...
... TASTE . A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION xvii 67 263 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " 66 THE • THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS · 269 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ...
Page 67
... TASTE , AND SEVERAL OTHER ADDITIONS . The first edition of this work was published in 1756 ; the second , with large additions , in the year 1757 . PREFACE . I HAVE endeavored to make this edition some- A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ...
... TASTE , AND SEVERAL OTHER ADDITIONS . The first edition of this work was published in 1756 ; the second , with large additions , in the year 1757 . PREFACE . I HAVE endeavored to make this edition some- A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ...
Page 69
... Taste ; it is a matter curious in itself ; and it leads naturally enough to the princi- pal inquiry . This , with the other explanations , has made the work considerably larger ; and by increas- ing its bulk has , I am afraid , added to ...
... Taste ; it is a matter curious in itself ; and it leads naturally enough to the princi- pal inquiry . This , with the other explanations , has made the work considerably larger ; and by increas- ing its bulk has , I am afraid , added to ...
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... taste a sort of philosophical solidity , but we may reflect back on the severer sciences some of the graces and elegances of taste , without which the greatest proficiency in those sciences will always have the appearance of something ...
... taste a sort of philosophical solidity , but we may reflect back on the severer sciences some of the graces and elegances of taste , without which the greatest proficiency in those sciences will always have the appearance of something ...
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