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... pleasure or pain from the beauties or deformities of nature and of art . " It is a faculty common in some degree to all men . Through the circle of human nature , nothing is more general , than the relish of beauty of one kind or other ...
... pleasure or pain from the beauties or deformities of nature and of art . " It is a faculty common in some degree to all men . Through the circle of human nature , nothing is more general , than the relish of beauty of one kind or other ...
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... pleasure we experience from such imitations or representations , is founded on mere taste ; but to judge , whether they may be pro- perly executed , belongs to the understanding , which compares the copy with the original . In reading ...
... pleasure we experience from such imitations or representations , is founded on mere taste ; but to judge , whether they may be pro- perly executed , belongs to the understanding , which compares the copy with the original . In reading ...
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... pleasure , which is derived from a poem so conducted , is felt or enjoyed by taste , as an internal sense ; but the discovery of this conduct in the poem is owing to reason ; and the more reason enables us to discover such propri- ety ...
... pleasure , which is derived from a poem so conducted , is felt or enjoyed by taste , as an internal sense ; but the discovery of this conduct in the poem is owing to reason ; and the more reason enables us to discover such propri- ety ...
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... pleasure to all ages and na- tions . There is a certain string , which being pro- perly struck , the human heart is so made , as to ac- cord to it . Hence the universal testimony , which the most improved nations of the earth , through ...
... pleasure to all ages and na- tions . There is a certain string , which being pro- perly struck , the human heart is so made , as to ac- cord to it . Hence the universal testimony , which the most improved nations of the earth , through ...
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... PLEASURES OF TASTE . - SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS . TRUE criticism is the application of taste and of good sense to the ... pleasure which we derive from the relation of an action , which is one and en- tire , beyond what we receive from ...
... PLEASURES OF TASTE . - SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS . TRUE criticism is the application of taste and of good sense to the ... pleasure which we derive from the relation of an action , which is one and en- tire , beyond what we receive from ...
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abounds action admit advantage Æneid ancient appear arguments attention Balclutha beauty blank verse characters chiefly Cicero circumstances comedy composition concise critics defects degree Demosthenes dignity discourse distinction distinguished effect elegant eloquence emotion employed English epic poem epic poetry example excel exhibit expression faults figure French frequently genius give grace Greek hearers Hence Henriade Homer human ideas Iliad imagination imitation instance introduced Jane Shore ject kind language LECTURE Lucan Lusiad manner merit metaphors Milton mind mode modern moral narration nature never objects observed orator ornament Paradise Lost passion pastoral pathetic pause peculiar perspicuity Pharsalia pleasing pleasure poet poetical proper propriety public speaking racter render requisite resemblance ridicule Roman rule scene sense sentence sentiments simplicity sion sound speaker species speech spirit strength style sublime syllable Tacitus taste tence Theocritus thing thought tion tragedy tropes unity variety verbs verse Virgil what?-What words writing