The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 29F. and C. Rivington, 1807 |
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... been lefs incon- ftancy ; while he fhows , that even in appreciating the beauty of trees and animals , the caprices of fafhion have been fuch as to render doubtful thofe axioms of tafte , from 3 as 2 Knight on the Principles of Taste . TO.
... been lefs incon- ftancy ; while he fhows , that even in appreciating the beauty of trees and animals , the caprices of fafhion have been fuch as to render doubtful thofe axioms of tafte , from 3 as 2 Knight on the Principles of Taste . TO.
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... beauty is a general term of approbation , of the most vague and extenfive meaning , applied indifcriminately to al- most every thing that is pleafing , either to the fenfe , the imagi- nation , or the underftanding ; whatever the nature ...
... beauty is a general term of approbation , of the most vague and extenfive meaning , applied indifcriminately to al- most every thing that is pleafing , either to the fenfe , the imagi- nation , or the underftanding ; whatever the nature ...
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deed ufed in all the fenfes enumerated by the present author ; but that beauty , which is the immediate object of external fenfe , is fomething very different from the beauty of virtue , or the beauty of a problem ; and what is true of ...
deed ufed in all the fenfes enumerated by the present author ; but that beauty , which is the immediate object of external fenfe , is fomething very different from the beauty of virtue , or the beauty of a problem ; and what is true of ...
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... beauty that is any where to be found . As far , however , as they do afford fenfual pleasure , it depends upon the fame principle as the pleafures of the other fenfes already treated of ; that is , upon a moderate and varied irritation ...
... beauty that is any where to be found . As far , however , as they do afford fenfual pleasure , it depends upon the fame principle as the pleafures of the other fenfes already treated of ; that is , upon a moderate and varied irritation ...
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... beauty , to separate his vifual fenfations from all mental fympathies and intellectual fitnefs ; or to break completely the affociations which have been formed in his mind , between those fenfations and the ideas which were originally ...
... beauty , to separate his vifual fenfations from all mental fympathies and intellectual fitnefs ; or to break completely the affociations which have been formed in his mind , between those fenfations and the ideas which were originally ...
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addreffed affertion againſt alfo almoft appears beauty becauſe Belfham cafe caufe cauſe Chap Chriftian Church circumftances confequence confiderable confidered confifts conftitution courfe defcription defign defire difplayed diftance English eſtabliſhed exift expreffed expreffion faid Fair Annie fame fays fecond feems feen fenfe fentiments feparate feveral fhall fhould fhow fimilar fince firft firſt fituation fmall fome fometimes foon fpecimen fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furely fyftem hiftory himſelf honour Houfe illuftrated increaſe inftances inftruction intereft itſelf juft labours laft language lefs Lord Lucretius meaſure minifters moft moſt mufic muft Muretus muſt nature neceffary obfervations object occafion opinion paffage paffed perfons philofophical pleaſure poem poffible prefent principles propofed publiſhed purpoſe racter reader reafon refpect refult Ruffia Seigneux ſhall ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranflation ufually uſed variolous verb verfe verfion volume whofe words writer
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