Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... Beauty of Language 229 240 256 267 Sect . 1. Beauty of Language with respect to Sound .. 269 66 66 2. Beauty of Language with respect to Signification . 278 8. Beauty of Language from a resemblance between Sound and Signification 800 ...
... Beauty of Language 229 240 256 267 Sect . 1. Beauty of Language with respect to Sound .. 269 66 66 2. Beauty of Language with respect to Signification . 278 8. Beauty of Language from a resemblance between Sound and Signification 800 ...
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... beauty ; and the disagreeable appearance of such an object is termed ugliness . 22. But though beauty and ugliness , in their proper and genuine signification , are confined to objects of sight , yet in a more lax and figurative ...
... beauty ; and the disagreeable appearance of such an object is termed ugliness . 22. But though beauty and ugliness , in their proper and genuine signification , are confined to objects of sight , yet in a more lax and figurative ...
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... beauty , to objects of sight ; and , like beauty , it is also applied figuratively to other objects thus we say , a regular government , a regular composition of music , and , regular discipline . 25. When two figures are composed of ...
... beauty , to objects of sight ; and , like beauty , it is also applied figuratively to other objects thus we say , a regular government , a regular composition of music , and , regular discipline . 25. When two figures are composed of ...
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... beauty : he must take delight in meeting it , must search for it , must summon it . To comprehend and demon- strate that a thing is not beautiful , is an ordinary pleasure - an ungrateful task ; but to discern a beautiful thing , to ...
... beauty : he must take delight in meeting it , must search for it , must summon it . To comprehend and demon- strate that a thing is not beautiful , is an ordinary pleasure - an ungrateful task ; but to discern a beautiful thing , to ...
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... beauty and deformity , from the permanent principles and feelings of human nature ; and without a knowledge of these rules it is not to be ex- pected that any performance will be so successful as to obtain any great or lasting portion ...
... beauty and deformity , from the permanent principles and feelings of human nature ; and without a knowledge of these rules it is not to be ex- pected that any performance will be so successful as to obtain any great or lasting portion ...
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