Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes, 1883 - 486 pages |
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... give it a fair trial , is to draw it out of its obscurity , and to state in a clear light , as follows : " No subject can be perceived unless it act upon the mind , but no distant subject can act upon the mind , because no being can act ...
... give it a fair trial , is to draw it out of its obscurity , and to state in a clear light , as follows : " No subject can be perceived unless it act upon the mind , but no distant subject can act upon the mind , because no being can act ...
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... give pleasure to the * [ " Now this " ( says Dr. Mark Hopkins ) " is precisely the use , and all the use that many make of the fine arts , and I may add , to some extent of the beauties of nature too . How many wealthy sensualists are ...
... give pleasure to the * [ " Now this " ( says Dr. Mark Hopkins ) " is precisely the use , and all the use that many make of the fine arts , and I may add , to some extent of the beauties of nature too . How many wealthy sensualists are ...
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... give him pain . On the other hand , a man void of taste , upon whom even striking beauties make but a faint impression , indulges pride or envy without control , and loves to brood over errors and blemishes . In the next place , ( 5 ) ...
... give him pain . On the other hand , a man void of taste , upon whom even striking beauties make but a faint impression , indulges pride or envy without control , and loves to brood over errors and blemishes . In the next place , ( 5 ) ...
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... gives many rules ; but can discover no better founda- tion for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and ... give law to mankind ; and that nothing now remains , but blind obedience to their arbitrary will . If in writing ...
... gives many rules ; but can discover no better founda- tion for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and ... give law to mankind ; and that nothing now remains , but blind obedience to their arbitrary will . If in writing ...
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... give pleasure to the eye or the ear ; never once condescending to gratify any of the inferior senses . The design accordingly of this chapter is to delineate that connection , with the view chiefly to ascertain what power the fine arts ...
... give pleasure to the eye or the ear ; never once condescending to gratify any of the inferior senses . The design accordingly of this chapter is to delineate that connection , with the view chiefly to ascertain what power the fine arts ...
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