Elements of Criticism, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1817 - 515 Seiten |
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... Elevation touches the mind no less than grandeur doth ; and in raising the mind to elevated objects , there is a sensible pleasure : the course of nature , however , hath still a greater influence than elevation ; and therefore , the ...
... Elevation touches the mind no less than grandeur doth ; and in raising the mind to elevated objects , there is a sensible 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 descend to inferior beauties . The best artists ac- cordingly have in all ages been governed by a taste for simplicity . How comes it then that we find ...
... elevation ; which is , that the mind attached to beauties of a high rank , cannot descend to inferior beauties . The best artists ac- cordingly have in all ages been governed by a taste for simplicity . How comes it then that we find ...
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... elevation concur to make a complicated impression : the Alps and the Peak of Teneriffe are proper examples ; with the following difference , that in the former great- ness seems to prevail , elevation in the latter .. * Longinus ...
... elevation concur to make a complicated impression : the Alps and the Peak of Teneriffe are proper examples ; with the following difference , that in the former great- ness seems to prevail , elevation in the latter .. * Longinus ...
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... elevation could not be so : were littleness and lowness of place disagree- able , they would occasion perpetual uneasiness . The difference between great and little with res pect to agreeableness , is remarkably felt in a series , when ...
... elevation could not be so : were littleness and lowness of place disagree- able , they would occasion perpetual uneasiness . The difference between great and little with res pect to agreeableness , is remarkably felt in a series , when ...
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... elevation , is called by the same name : thus generosity is said to be an elevated emotion , as well as great courage ; and that firmness of soul which is superior to mis- fortunes , obtains the peculiar name of magnanimity . On the ...
... elevation , is called by the same name : thus generosity is said to be an elevated emotion , as well as great courage ; and that firmness of soul which is superior to mis- fortunes , obtains the peculiar name of magnanimity . On the ...
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action Æneid appear arts ascer beauty burlesque Cæsar Chap character circumstances colour congruity connexion degree desire dignity disagreeable distinguished distress doth effect elevation emotion raised emotions and passions example expression external signs Falstaff feeling figure final cause give gratification habit hand hath Hence Henry IV Hudibras Iago ideal presence ideas Iliad impression inflamed influence instances ject Julius Cæsar kind King Lear king of Leon less ludicrous Macedon manner means mind motion never nexion novelty objects of sight observation occasion opposite Othello painful passion Paradise Lost perceive perceptions person pity pleasant emotion pleasure present produceth propensity proper proportion propriety punishment qualities racter reason reflection relation relish remarkable resemblance respect ridicule risible satiety scarce Sejanus selfish sense sensible sentiments Shakespeare singular sion species spectator sublime surprise taste termed things thou thought tion uniformity variety wonder words writer