Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... Variety ... ........ 171 Appendix . Concerning the works of Nature , chiefly with re- spect to Uniformity and Variety 180 ...... 86 X Congruity and Propriety . 184 XI . Dignity and Grace 198 PAGE CHAP . XII . Ridicule .. 199 " 6.
... Variety ... ........ 171 Appendix . Concerning the works of Nature , chiefly with re- spect to Uniformity and Variety 180 ...... 86 X Congruity and Propriety . 184 XI . Dignity and Grace 198 PAGE CHAP . XII . Ridicule .. 199 " 6.
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... variety , is less regular than that of a circle . 24. Regularity , properly speaking , belongs , like beauty , to objects of sight ; and , like beauty , it is also applied figuratively to other objects thus we say , a regular government ...
... variety , is less regular than that of a circle . 24. Regularity , properly speaking , belongs , like beauty , to objects of sight ; and , like beauty , it is also applied figuratively to other objects thus we say , a regular government ...
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... variety , which are boundless ; for by the imagination , exerted without control , we can fabricate ideas of finer visible objects , of more noble and heroic actions , of greater wickedness , of more surprising events , than ever in ...
... variety , which are boundless ; for by the imagination , exerted without control , we can fabricate ideas of finer visible objects , of more noble and heroic actions , of greater wickedness , of more surprising events , than ever in ...
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... variety , introduce a method in the management of affairs : without them our conduct would be fluctuating and desultory ; and we should be hurried from thought to thought , and from action to action , entirely at the mercy of chance ...
... variety , introduce a method in the management of affairs : without them our conduct would be fluctuating and desultory ; and we should be hurried from thought to thought , and from action to action , entirely at the mercy of chance ...
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... variety of nature is not so easily reached , and for confuting such Utopian systems without the fatigue of reasoning , it appears the best method to take a survey of human nature , and to set before the eye , plainly and candidly ...
... variety of nature is not so easily reached , and for confuting such Utopian systems without the fatigue of reasoning , it appears the best method to take a survey of human nature , and to set before the eye , plainly and candidly ...
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