Elements of Criticism, Tom 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... perfection upon that particular object which makes the greatest figure . The emotion raised by the object , is , by this means , thoroughly gratified ; and if the emotion this 98 Ch . XX . FIGURES . Up rofe the fun, and up rofe Emelie. ...
... perfection upon that particular object which makes the greatest figure . The emotion raised by the object , is , by this means , thoroughly gratified ; and if the emotion this 98 Ch . XX . FIGURES . Up rofe the fun, and up rofe Emelie. ...
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... perfection : his language is stately throughout ; and though he descends at times to the fimpleft branches of cookery , roafting and boiling for example , yet he ne- ver relaxes a moment from the high tone * . In adjusting his language ...
... perfection : his language is stately throughout ; and though he descends at times to the fimpleft branches of cookery , roafting and boiling for example , yet he ne- ver relaxes a moment from the high tone * . In adjusting his language ...
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... perfection where machinery is introduced . Virtuous emotions cannot be raised successfully but by the actions of those who are endued with paffions and affections like our own , that is , by human actions . And as for moral in ...
... perfection where machinery is introduced . Virtuous emotions cannot be raised successfully but by the actions of those who are endued with paffions and affections like our own , that is , by human actions . And as for moral in ...
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... a repre- fentation only and the imagination , with facility , accommodates itself to every cir- cumftance . Our fituation is very different after after we are engaged . It is the perfection of 278 THE THREE UNITIES . Ch . XXIII .
... a repre- fentation only and the imagination , with facility , accommodates itself to every cir- cumftance . Our fituation is very different after after we are engaged . It is the perfection of 278 THE THREE UNITIES . Ch . XXIII .
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Lord Henry Home Kames. after we are engaged . It is the perfection of representation to hide itself , to impofe upon the spectator , and to produce in him an impreffion of reality , as if he were spec- tator of a real event * . Any ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. after we are engaged . It is the perfection of representation to hide itself , to impofe upon the spectator , and to produce in him an impreffion of reality , as if he were spec- tator of a real event * . Any ...
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