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... rules ; but can difcover no better foun- dation for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil , fupported by the authority of Aristotle : Strange ! that in fo long a work , he fhould never once have ftumbled upon the ...
... rules ; but can difcover no better foun- dation for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil , fupported by the authority of Aristotle : Strange ! that in fo long a work , he fhould never once have ftumbled upon the ...
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... rule , why fhould they be imitated ? if they ftudied nature and were obfequious to rational principles , why fhould thefe be concealed from us ? With refpect to the prefent undertaking , it is not the author's intention to compofe a ...
... rule , why fhould they be imitated ? if they ftudied nature and were obfequious to rational principles , why fhould thefe be concealed from us ? With refpect to the prefent undertaking , it is not the author's intention to compofe a ...
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... rules of criticifm from human nature , their true fource . We have but a fingle choice , which is , to continue a little longer in the fame train , or to abandon the undertaking altogether . Candor obliges me to notify this to my ...
... rules of criticifm from human nature , their true fource . We have but a fingle choice , which is , to continue a little longer in the fame train , or to abandon the undertaking altogether . Candor obliges me to notify this to my ...
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... rule , have no- thing left but to abandon themfelves to chance . Deftitute of that branch of knowledge , in vain will either pretend to foretel what effect his work will have upon the heart . The principles of the fine arts , appear in ...
... rule , have no- thing left but to abandon themfelves to chance . Deftitute of that branch of knowledge , in vain will either pretend to foretel what effect his work will have upon the heart . The principles of the fine arts , appear in ...
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... being pleafant . See p . 188. of this volume . But a fingle exception , inftead of overturning a general rule , is rather a confirmation of it . > From these premifes , it is eafy to determine 46 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch . II .
... being pleafant . See p . 188. of this volume . But a fingle exception , inftead of overturning a general rule , is rather a confirmation of it . > From these premifes , it is eafy to determine 46 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch . II .
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