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Page 68
... Taste . Objets d'art are fine things , if used properly , but false Taste , the misunderstanding of the purpose and worth of possessions , creates objects which are not merely vulgar , but a mockery of Art . See ! sportive fate , to ...
... Taste . Objets d'art are fine things , if used properly , but false Taste , the misunderstanding of the purpose and worth of possessions , creates objects which are not merely vulgar , but a mockery of Art . See ! sportive fate , to ...
Page 69
... Taste is an instinctive awareness of what is fitting in the widest possible sense . False Taste is the failure to act in accord with the natural purpose of things which is universal and ultimately divine . The ways of accord are clear ...
... Taste is an instinctive awareness of what is fitting in the widest possible sense . False Taste is the failure to act in accord with the natural purpose of things which is universal and ultimately divine . The ways of accord are clear ...
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... Taste is the touchstone . The climax of the poem is the portrait of Timon , the apotheosis of the principle of misuse . Before we meet him we wander through his vast estate with Pope making remarks about the tasteful execu- tion . “ Two ...
... Taste is the touchstone . The climax of the poem is the portrait of Timon , the apotheosis of the principle of misuse . Before we meet him we wander through his vast estate with Pope making remarks about the tasteful execu- tion . “ Two ...
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