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... this the Editor will be fufficiently fatisfied ; fince being ferviceable to others is the most agreeable method of becoming contented . with ourselves . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION On Tafte ... PAGE I Criticifm - ADVERTISEMENT .
... this the Editor will be fufficiently fatisfied ; fince being ferviceable to others is the most agreeable method of becoming contented . with ourselves . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION On Tafte ... PAGE I Criticifm - ADVERTISEMENT .
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... most effectually furnish aid for fuch a pur- pofe ; and it were prefumption to affert , that rhetorical rules , how juft soever , are fufficient to form an orator . Private ap- plication and study , fuppofing natural ge- nius to be ...
... most effectually furnish aid for fuch a pur- pofe ; and it were prefumption to affert , that rhetorical rules , how juft soever , are fufficient to form an orator . Private ap- plication and study , fuppofing natural ge- nius to be ...
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... most stupid peafants receive pleafure from tales and ballads , and are delighted with the beautiful appearances of nature in the earth and heavens . Even in the deferts of America , where human nature appears in its moft uncultivated ...
... most stupid peafants receive pleafure from tales and ballads , and are delighted with the beautiful appearances of nature in the earth and heavens . Even in the deferts of America , where human nature appears in its moft uncultivated ...
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... most perfect state , are two , Delicacy and Correctness . Delicacy of Tafte refers principally to the perfection of that natural fenfibility , on which Tafte is founded . It implies thofe finer organs or powers , which enable ON TASTE . 3.
... most perfect state , are two , Delicacy and Correctness . Delicacy of Tafte refers principally to the perfection of that natural fenfibility , on which Tafte is founded . It implies thofe finer organs or powers , which enable ON TASTE . 3.
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... most latent objects . Correctnefs of Tafte refpects the improvement , this faculty receives through its connection with the understanding . A man of correct Taste is one , who is never impofed on by counterfeit beauties ; who carries ...
... most latent objects . Correctnefs of Tafte refpects the improvement , this faculty receives through its connection with the understanding . A man of correct Taste is one , who is never impofed on by counterfeit beauties ; who carries ...
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Page 234 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Page 18 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 18 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 17 - He made darkness His secret place: His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 239 - The mountains saw thee, and they trembled : the overflowing of the water passed by : the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Page 17 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 102 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep, Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 106 - I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers That never will in other climate grow...
Page 84 - But God be thanked, his pride is greater than his ignorance, and what he wants in knowledge, he supplies by sufficiency. When he has looked about him as far as he can, he concludes there, is no more to be seen; when he is at the end of his line, he is at the bottom of the ocean; when he has shot his best, he is sure, none ever did nor ever can shoot better or beyond it. His own reason is the certain measure of truth, his own knowledge, of what is possible in nature...
Page 81 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty.