THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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Page 193
... COLOUR CONSIDERED AS PRODUCTIVE OF THE SUBLIME , AMONG colours , fuch as are foft or cheerful ( except perhaps a strong red which is cheerful ) are unfit to produce grand images . An immenfe mountain covered with a shining green turf ...
... COLOUR CONSIDERED AS PRODUCTIVE OF THE SUBLIME , AMONG colours , fuch as are foft or cheerful ( except perhaps a strong red which is cheerful ) are unfit to produce grand images . An immenfe mountain covered with a shining green turf ...
Page 210
... And with regard to the colours either of birds or flowers , for there is something fimilar in the colouring of both , whe- is 210 ON THE SUBLIME . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals Proportion not the cause of Beauty in the.
... And with regard to the colours either of birds or flowers , for there is something fimilar in the colouring of both , whe- is 210 ON THE SUBLIME . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals Proportion not the cause of Beauty in the.
Page 211
... colour ; others have all the colours of the rainbow ; some are of the primary colours , others are of the mixt ; in short , an attentive observer may foon conclude , that there is as little of proportion in the colour- ing as in the ...
... colour ; others have all the colours of the rainbow ; some are of the primary colours , others are of the mixt ; in short , an attentive observer may foon conclude , that there is as little of proportion in the colour- ing as in the ...
Page 242
SECT . XVII . BEAUTY IN COLOUR . AS to the colours usually found in beautiful bodies , it may be fomewhat difficult to afcertain them , because , in the several parts of nature , there is an infinite variety . However , even in this va ...
SECT . XVII . BEAUTY IN COLOUR . AS to the colours usually found in beautiful bodies , it may be fomewhat difficult to afcertain them , because , in the several parts of nature , there is an infinite variety . However , even in this va ...
Page 243
... colours clear and bright , but not very strong and glaring . Seventhly , or if it should have any glaring colour , to have it diversified with others . These are , I believe , the properties on which beauty depends ; properties that ...
... colours clear and bright , but not very strong and glaring . Seventhly , or if it should have any glaring colour , to have it diversified with others . These are , I believe , the properties on which beauty depends ; properties that ...
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