Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... former , so far as suggested by others , or discovered by himself . In a work containing many particulars , both new and abstruse , it was difficult to express every article with sufficient perspicuity ; and , after all the pains ...
... former , so far as suggested by others , or discovered by himself . In a work containing many particulars , both new and abstruse , it was difficult to express every article with sufficient perspicuity ; and , after all the pains ...
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... former object , an analysis has been placed at the head of each chapter ; and to effect the latter , translations , either original or selected , have been affixed to the numerous passages introduced as illustrations , from the La- tin ...
... former object , an analysis has been placed at the head of each chapter ; and to effect the latter , translations , either original or selected , have been affixed to the numerous passages introduced as illustrations , from the La- tin ...
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... former from those of the latter . Every feeling pleasant or painful , must be in the mind ; and yet , because in tasting , touching , and smelling , we are sensible of the impression made upon the organ , we are led to place there also ...
... former from those of the latter . Every feeling pleasant or painful , must be in the mind ; and yet , because in tasting , touching , and smelling , we are sensible of the impression made upon the organ , we are led to place there also ...
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... former , being , like them , produced without any sensible organic impression . Their mixt nature , and middle place between organic and intellectual pleasures , qualify them to associate with both . Beauty heightens all the organic ...
... former , being , like them , produced without any sensible organic impression . Their mixt nature , and middle place between organic and intellectual pleasures , qualify them to associate with both . Beauty heightens all the organic ...
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... former , handled abstractedly , and descending to the latter . But , though criticism is thus his only declared aim , he will not disown , that all * Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution , delicacy of taste to ...
... former , handled abstractedly , and descending to the latter . But , though criticism is thus his only declared aim , he will not disown , that all * Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution , delicacy of taste to ...
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