Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 50
... perceive the differ- ence between the integrity of a generous author , and that of a common friend . The latter is ob- ferved to adhere clofe in profperity , but on the decline of fortune , to drop fuddenly off : whereas the generous ...
... perceive the differ- ence between the integrity of a generous author , and that of a common friend . The latter is ob- ferved to adhere clofe in profperity , but on the decline of fortune , to drop fuddenly off : whereas the generous ...
Page 54
... of fuch epithets , when apply'd to things › inani- mate ? Do they raise in the mind of the reader a perception of fenfibility ? Do they make make him conceive the ground , the church - yard 54 Ch . XX . FIGURES . name. ...
... of fuch epithets , when apply'd to things › inani- mate ? Do they raise in the mind of the reader a perception of fenfibility ? Do they make make him conceive the ground , the church - yard 54 Ch . XX . FIGURES . name. ...
Page 332
... perception . The eye is more un- certain about the fize of a large object , than of one that is small ; and in different fitua tions the fame object appears of different fi- zes . Delicacy of feeling therefore with re- spect to ...
... perception . The eye is more un- certain about the fize of a large object , than of one that is small ; and in different fitua tions the fame object appears of different fi- zes . Delicacy of feeling therefore with re- spect to ...
Page 345
... perceive a horse , almost as diftinctly as in day - light . This principle is applica- ble to the cafe in hand . The most superb front , at a great distance , appears a plain furface approaching gradually , we be- gin to perceive ...
... perceive a horse , almost as diftinctly as in day - light . This principle is applica- ble to the cafe in hand . The most superb front , at a great distance , appears a plain furface approaching gradually , we be- gin to perceive ...
Page 346
... perceive , or feem to perceive , a number of columns if upon a near ap- proach we find pilafters only , the difap- pointment makes these pilafters appear difa- greeable ; when abftracted from that cir- cumstance , they would only have ...
... perceive , or feem to perceive , a number of columns if upon a near ap- proach we find pilafters only , the difap- pointment makes these pilafters appear difa- greeable ; when abftracted from that cir- cumstance , they would only have ...
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