Elements of Criticism, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1817 - 515 Seiten |
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... scarce endea- voured in any seminary of learning ; a la- mentable defect , considering how early in life taste is susceptible of culture , and how difficult to reform it if unhappily perverted . To furnish materials for supplying that ...
... scarce endea- voured in any seminary of learning ; a la- mentable defect , considering how early in life taste is susceptible of culture , and how difficult to reform it if unhappily perverted . To furnish materials for supplying that ...
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... scarce to perfection in any soil : it is susceptible of much refinement ; and is , by proper care , greatly im * A taste for natural objects is born with us in perfection ; for relishing a fine countenance , a rich landscape , or a ...
... scarce to perfection in any soil : it is susceptible of much refinement ; and is , by proper care , greatly im * A taste for natural objects is born with us in perfection ; for relishing a fine countenance , a rich landscape , or a ...
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... scarce be added , that our ideas are governed by the same principle ; and that , in thinking or reflecting upon a number of objects , we naturally follow the same order as when we actually survey them . The principle of order is ...
... scarce be added , that our ideas are governed by the same principle ; and that , in thinking or reflecting upon a number of objects , we naturally follow the same order as when we actually survey them . The principle of order is ...
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... scarce agreeable : it commences with an important question , How it happens that people , though much satisfied with themselves , are seldom so with their rank or condition ? After illustrating the observa- tion in a sprightly manner by ...
... scarce agreeable : it commences with an important question , How it happens that people , though much satisfied with themselves , are seldom so with their rank or condition ? After illustrating the observa- tion in a sprightly manner by ...
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... scarce imagine a different system of action : even a child will say familiarly , What should make me do this or that , when I have no desire to do it ? Taking it then for granted , that the existence of action depends on antecedent ...
... scarce imagine a different system of action : even a child will say familiarly , What should make me do this or that , when I have no desire to do it ? Taking it then for granted , that the existence of action depends on antecedent ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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