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Page 7
... admiration of the excellence of the imitation , that principally inspire us with pleasurable sen- sations on such an occasion . Hence the fine arts , and particularly paint- ing , sculpture , and poetry , have been termed the ...
... admiration of the excellence of the imitation , that principally inspire us with pleasurable sen- sations on such an occasion . Hence the fine arts , and particularly paint- ing , sculpture , and poetry , have been termed the ...
Page 22
... admiration . It may also be increased by the same cause from which I have account- ed for the pleasurable sensations excited by tragedy . Almost every thing wonderful is con- nected with something of the terrific , and we know that ...
... admiration . It may also be increased by the same cause from which I have account- ed for the pleasurable sensations excited by tragedy . Almost every thing wonderful is con- nected with something of the terrific , and we know that ...
Page 38
... admired , and to whose memory his country has still stronger obliga- tions , has written an clegant treatise on the dis- tinction between the sublime and beautiful . The pleasure which is afforded by the contemplation of beauty appears ...
... admired , and to whose memory his country has still stronger obliga- tions , has written an clegant treatise on the dis- tinction between the sublime and beautiful . The pleasure which is afforded by the contemplation of beauty appears ...
Page 98
... admire his genius , was very angry with the custom of abbreviating the eths in the third per- son singular of verbs , and reducing them to a plains . The truth is however , that thes in these instances is pronounced like % , which is ...
... admire his genius , was very angry with the custom of abbreviating the eths in the third per- son singular of verbs , and reducing them to a plains . The truth is however , that thes in these instances is pronounced like % , which is ...
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... admiration , or terror . Even the externals of war , the sound of trumpets , the glitter of arms , the order of the troops , the si- lence of the soldiers , their ardor in fight ; the beginning , progress , and end of the victory ...
... admiration , or terror . Even the externals of war , the sound of trumpets , the glitter of arms , the order of the troops , the si- lence of the soldiers , their ardor in fight ; the beginning , progress , and end of the victory ...
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