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... human nature , nothing is more general , than the relish of beauty of one kind or other ; of what is orderly ... human nature appears in its most uncultivated state , the savages have their ornaments of dress , their war and their death ...
... human nature , nothing is more general , than the relish of beauty of one kind or other ; of what is orderly ... human nature appears in its most uncultivated state , the savages have their ornaments of dress , their war and their death ...
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... human . mind . It is built upon sentiments and perceptions , which are inseparable from our nature ; and which generally operate with the same uniformity as our other intellectual principles . When these sentiments are perverted by ...
... human . mind . It is built upon sentiments and perceptions , which are inseparable from our nature ; and which generally operate with the same uniformity as our other intellectual principles . When these sentiments are perverted by ...
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... human nature is seen . Time overthrows the illusions of opinion , but establishes the decisions of nature . LECTURE III . CRITICISM . - GENIUS . - PLEASURES OF TASTE . - SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS . TRUE criticism is the application of taste ...
... human nature is seen . Time overthrows the illusions of opinion , but establishes the decisions of nature . LECTURE III . CRITICISM . - GENIUS . - PLEASURES OF TASTE . - SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS . TRUE criticism is the application of taste ...
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... human genius is perfect , there is no writer who may not receive assistance from critical observations upon the beauties and faults of those who have gone before him . No rules in- deed can supply the defects of genius , or inspire it ...
... human genius is perfect , there is no writer who may not receive assistance from critical observations upon the beauties and faults of those who have gone before him . No rules in- deed can supply the defects of genius , or inspire it ...
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... human life ; and those too of a kind the most pure and innocent . The necessary purposes of life might have been answered , though our senses of see- ing and hearing had only served to distinguish ex- ternal objects , without giving us ...
... human life ; and those too of a kind the most pure and innocent . The necessary purposes of life might have been answered , though our senses of see- ing and hearing had only served to distinguish ex- ternal objects , without giving us ...
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