Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes, 1883 - 486 pages |
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Page 17
... Perfect uniformity is where the constituent parts of two figures are equal : thus two cubes of the same dimen- sions are perfectly uniform in all their parts . Uniformity less per- fect is , where the parts mutually correspond , but ...
... Perfect uniformity is where the constituent parts of two figures are equal : thus two cubes of the same dimen- sions are perfectly uniform in all their parts . Uniformity less per- fect is , where the parts mutually correspond , but ...
Page 18
... perfect , where the particulars are made to bear the strongest relation to each other that position can give them . Thus parallelism is the strongest relation that position can bestow apon straight lines : if they be so placed as by ...
... perfect , where the particulars are made to bear the strongest relation to each other that position can give them . Thus parallelism is the strongest relation that position can bestow apon straight lines : if they be so placed as by ...
Page 46
... perfect music , which is useful in every state , but necessary to the Arcadians ; whose manners , originally rigid and austere , made it of the greatest importance to incorporate this art into the very essence of their government . " No ...
... perfect music , which is useful in every state , but necessary to the Arcadians ; whose manners , originally rigid and austere , made it of the greatest importance to incorporate this art into the very essence of their government . " No ...
Page 63
... perfect to dive far even into his own nature . I shall take occasion afterwards to show , that the power of fiction to generate passion is an admirable contrivance , subservient to excellent purposes : in the mean time , we must try to ...
... perfect to dive far even into his own nature . I shall take occasion afterwards to show , that the power of fiction to generate passion is an admirable contrivance , subservient to excellent purposes : in the mean time , we must try to ...
Page 73
... perfect , and that individuals ought to be made conformable to it . To every faculty , to every passion , and to every bodily member , is assigned a proper office and a due proportion : if one limb be longer than the other , or be dis ...
... perfect , and that individuals ought to be made conformable to it . To every faculty , to every passion , and to every bodily member , is assigned a proper office and a due proportion : if one limb be longer than the other , or be dis ...
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