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... beauty admits of longer continuance. It extends also to a much greater variety of objects than sublimity ; to a variety indeed so great, that the feelings which beautiful objects produce, differ considerably, not in degree only, but ...
... beauty admits of longer continuance. It extends also to a much greater variety of objects than sublimity ; to a variety indeed so great, that the feelings which beautiful objects produce, differ considerably, not in degree only, but ...
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... beauty 7 Beauty, next to sublimity, affording the hijrhest pleasure to the imagination,* what is the nature of the emotion which it raises 7 To how great a variety of objects does it extend ; and hence what follows? To what is it ...
... beauty 7 Beauty, next to sublimity, affording the hijrhest pleasure to the imagination,* what is the nature of the emotion which it raises 7 To how great a variety of objects does it extend ; and hence what follows? To what is it ...
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... beauty, distinct from any which has been mentioned, arise ? In theexarnina- tions of what, ib the pleasure which we receive wholly founded on this souse of beauty ; and from what is it altogether different ? How is this illustrated in ...
... beauty, distinct from any which has been mentioned, arise ? In theexarnina- tions of what, ib the pleasure which we receive wholly founded on this souse of beauty ; and from what is it altogether different ? How is this illustrated in ...
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LECTURE PAS | 10 |
CriticismGeniusPleasures of TasteSublimit in Objects | 27 |
Rise and Progress of Language and of Writing | 68 |
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