Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... kind . ( upon , is Its relation to plains , being demands but a neighbouring hills , rivers , that of propinquity only , fmall fhare of congruity . Among members of the fame club , the congruity ought to be confiderable , as well as ...
... kind . ( upon , is Its relation to plains , being demands but a neighbouring hills , rivers , that of propinquity only , fmall fhare of congruity . Among members of the fame club , the congruity ought to be confiderable , as well as ...
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... kind fometimes vanifheth without any consequence ; but more fre- quently is the occafion of other emotions . See act 1. fc . 2 . When When any flight incongruity is perceived in an accidental combination 12 Ch . X. CONGRUITY.
... kind fometimes vanifheth without any consequence ; but more fre- quently is the occafion of other emotions . See act 1. fc . 2 . When When any flight incongruity is perceived in an accidental combination 12 Ch . X. CONGRUITY.
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... kind , that provoke laughter ; of which we have examples without end in the blunders and abfurdities of our own fpecies . Such improprieties improprieties receive a different punish- ment , as will appear Ch . X. AND PROPRIETY . is.
... kind , that provoke laughter ; of which we have examples without end in the blunders and abfurdities of our own fpecies . Such improprieties improprieties receive a different punish- ment , as will appear Ch . X. AND PROPRIETY . is.
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... kind , uniting intimately in the mind of the fpec- tator , are expreffed externally by a peculiar fort of laugh , termed a laugh of derifion or fcorn * . An impropriety that thus moves not only contempt but laughter , is diftin- guished ...
... kind , uniting intimately in the mind of the fpec- tator , are expreffed externally by a peculiar fort of laugh , termed a laugh of derifion or fcorn * . An impropriety that thus moves not only contempt but laughter , is diftin- guished ...
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... kind and we ought , without hesitation or reluctance , to fubmit equally to the govern- ment of both . But I have more to urge upon this head . It muft , in the next place , be obferved , that to the fense of propriety as well as of ...
... kind and we ought , without hesitation or reluctance , to fubmit equally to the govern- ment of both . But I have more to urge upon this head . It muft , in the next place , be obferved , that to the fense of propriety as well as of ...
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