Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... external misfortunes , fuch compofition may be denominated mo- · ral † . It indeed conveys moral inftruc- * Lib . 7. from line 385. to line 460 . + The fame distinction is applicable to which is faid to be the invention of Efop . tion 3 ...
... external misfortunes , fuch compofition may be denominated mo- · ral † . It indeed conveys moral inftruc- * Lib . 7. from line 385. to line 460 . + The fame distinction is applicable to which is faid to be the invention of Efop . tion 3 ...
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... external figns extremely legible * , Gardening , befide the emotions of beauty by means of regularity , order , proportion , colour , and utility , can raife emotions of grandeur , of fweetnefs , of gaiety , melan- choly , wildness ...
... external figns extremely legible * , Gardening , befide the emotions of beauty by means of regularity , order , proportion , colour , and utility , can raife emotions of grandeur , of fweetnefs , of gaiety , melan- choly , wildness ...
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... external regularity . I am apt to believe , that an accurate coincidence . here , is beyond the reach of art . And yet architects always fplit upon this rock ; for they never will give over attempting to re- concile these two ...
... external regularity . I am apt to believe , that an accurate coincidence . here , is beyond the reach of art . And yet architects always fplit upon this rock ; for they never will give over attempting to re- concile these two ...
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... external figure of a houfe , and far lefs to a column . That we are framed by nature to relish proportion as well as regularity , is indifpu- table : but that agreeable proportion , like concord in founds , is confined to certain ...
... external figure of a houfe , and far lefs to a column . That we are framed by nature to relish proportion as well as regularity , is indifpu- table : but that agreeable proportion , like concord in founds , is confined to certain ...
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... external structure of a great house , leads naturally to its internal ftructure . A large and fpacious room , receives us com- monly upon our entrance . This feems to me a bad contrivance in feveral respects . In the first place , when ...
... external structure of a great house , leads naturally to its internal ftructure . A large and fpacious room , receives us com- monly upon our entrance . This feems to me a bad contrivance in feveral respects . In the first place , when ...
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