Essays and Treatises on Several SubjectsJ. Williams, 1779 - 527 Seiten |
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... reprefented as a fet of vain - glorious men , who had nothing in view but the applaufes of others . But this al- fo is a fallacy . fallacy . It is very unjuft in the world , when they find any tincture of vanity in a lau- dable d able ...
... reprefented as a fet of vain - glorious men , who had nothing in view but the applaufes of others . But this al- fo is a fallacy . fallacy . It is very unjuft in the world , when they find any tincture of vanity in a lau- dable d able ...
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... reprefented in hif- tory , are entertained with a spectacle full of plea- fure and variety , and fee , with furprize , the man- ners , customs , and opinions of the fame fpecies fufceptible of such prodigious changes in different ...
... reprefented in hif- tory , are entertained with a spectacle full of plea- fure and variety , and fee , with furprize , the man- ners , customs , and opinions of the fame fpecies fufceptible of such prodigious changes in different ...
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... reprefented in fuch inimitable colours by Cervantes , that it entertains as much as the picture of the most magnanimous hero or foft- eft lover . The cafe is the fame with orators , philofophers , critics , or any author who speaks in ...
... reprefented in fuch inimitable colours by Cervantes , that it entertains as much as the picture of the most magnanimous hero or foft- eft lover . The cafe is the fame with orators , philofophers , critics , or any author who speaks in ...
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... reprefented . The genius required to paint objects in a lively manner , the art em- ployed in collecting all the pathetic circumftances , the judgment difplayed in difpofing them : the exer- cife , I fay , of thefe noble talents ...
... reprefented . The genius required to paint objects in a lively manner , the art em- ployed in collecting all the pathetic circumftances , the judgment difplayed in difpofing them : the exer- cife , I fay , of thefe noble talents ...
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... reprefented in tragedy , may be too bloody and atrocious . It may excite fuch move- ments of horror as will not foften into pleasure ; and the greatest energy of expreffion , beftowed on defcriptions of that nature , ferves only to ...
... reprefented in tragedy , may be too bloody and atrocious . It may excite fuch move- ments of horror as will not foften into pleasure ; and the greatest energy of expreffion , beftowed on defcriptions of that nature , ferves only to ...
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