Elements of Criticism, Tom 1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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Strona vi
... ture , and how difficult to reform it if un- happily perverted . To furnish materials for fupplying that defect , was an addi- tional motive for the prefent undertaking . To To promote the Fine Arts in Britain , has become ( vi )
... ture , and how difficult to reform it if un- happily perverted . To furnish materials for fupplying that defect , was an addi- tional motive for the prefent undertaking . To To promote the Fine Arts in Britain , has become ( vi )
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... prefent edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether un- fuccefsful . The truth is , that a writer , who must be poffeffed of the thought before he can put it into ...
... prefent edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether un- fuccefsful . The truth is , that a writer , who must be poffeffed of the thought before he can put it into ...
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... prefent undertaking , which afpires not to morali- ty , is , to examine the fenfitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable , as well as thofe that are naturally dif agreeable ; and by these means to ...
... prefent undertaking , which afpires not to morali- ty , is , to examine the fenfitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable , as well as thofe that are naturally dif agreeable ; and by these means to ...
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... prefent undertaking , it is not the author's intention to compose a regular treatise upon each of the fine arts ; but only , in general , to exhibit their fundamental principles , drawn from human nature , the true fource of criticism ...
... prefent undertaking , it is not the author's intention to compose a regular treatise upon each of the fine arts ; but only , in general , to exhibit their fundamental principles , drawn from human nature , the true fource of criticism ...
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... prefent work . To cenfure works , not men , is the just prero- gative of criticism ; and accordingly all personal cenfure is here avoided , unlefs where neceffary to illustrate some general propofition . No praise is claimed on that ...
... prefent work . To cenfure works , not men , is the just prero- gative of criticism ; and accordingly all personal cenfure is here avoided , unlefs where neceffary to illustrate some general propofition . No praise is claimed on that ...
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