Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes, 1883 - 486 pages |
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... rule , is perceived and said to be regular : a circle , a square , a hexagon , an equilateral triangle , are regular figures , being composed by a single rule , that determines the form of each . When the form of a line or of a figure ...
... rule , is perceived and said to be regular : a circle , a square , a hexagon , an equilateral triangle , are regular figures , being composed by a single rule , that determines the form of each . When the form of a line or of a figure ...
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... rule as to its angles , other than that the opposite angles be equal : for the same reason , the circumference of an ellipse , the form of which is susceptible of much variety , is less regular than that of a circle . 24. Regularity ...
... rule as to its angles , other than that the opposite angles be equal : for the same reason , the circumference of an ellipse , the form of which is susceptible of much variety , is less regular than that of a circle . 24. Regularity ...
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... rules of criticism are no more than the deductions of sound logic concerning 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 ...
... rules of criticism are no more than the deductions of sound logic concerning 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 ...
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... rules ; but can discover no better founda- tion for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil , supported ... rule , why should they be imitated ? If they studied nature , and were obsequious to rational principles , why ...
... rules ; but can discover no better founda- tion for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil , supported ... rule , why should they be imitated ? If they studied nature , and were obsequious to rational principles , why ...
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... rule of criticism , are founded upon the sensitive part of our nature . What the author hath discovered or collected upon that subject , he chooses to impart in the gay and agreeable form of criticism ; imagining that this form will be ...
... rule of criticism , are founded upon the sensitive part of our nature . What the author hath discovered or collected upon that subject , he chooses to impart in the gay and agreeable form of criticism ; imagining that this form will be ...
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