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... variety of authors , and of literary matters , as come under his con- sideration , he cannot expect that all his readers will concur with him . The sub- jects are of such a nature , as allow room for much diversity of taste and ...
... variety of authors , and of literary matters , as come under his con- sideration , he cannot expect that all his readers will concur with him . The sub- jects are of such a nature , as allow room for much diversity of taste and ...
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... variety of other objects of taste . Wherever the affections , characters , or actions of men are concerned ( and these certainly afford the noblest subjects to genius ) , there can be neither any just or affecting description of them ...
... variety of other objects of taste . Wherever the affections , characters , or actions of men are concerned ( and these certainly afford the noblest subjects to genius ) , there can be neither any just or affecting description of them ...
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... variety of others , are the foundation of the beauty which we discern in them ; but when we attempt to go a step beyond this , and inquire what is the cause of regularity and variety producing in our minds the sensation of beauty , any ...
... variety of others , are the foundation of the beauty which we discern in them ; but when we attempt to go a step beyond this , and inquire what is the cause of regularity and variety producing in our minds the sensation of beauty , any ...
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... variety of sources of the sublime ; and has accordingly been always considered as one of the most striking and magnificent spectacles that can either be presented to the eye , or exhibited to the imagination in description . FOR the ...
... variety of sources of the sublime ; and has accordingly been always considered as one of the most striking and magnificent spectacles that can either be presented to the eye , or exhibited to the imagination in description . FOR the ...
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... variety of instances , both in inanimate objects and in human life , where the sublime appears . In all these instances the emotion raised in us is of the same kind , although the objects that produce the emotion be of widely different ...
... variety of instances , both in inanimate objects and in human life , where the sublime appears . In all these instances the emotion raised in us is of the same kind , although the objects that produce the emotion be of widely different ...
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