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... extremely clear , which admits not variety of opinion ; and in some matters susceptible of great re- finement , time is perhaps the only infallible touch - stone of taste : to that he appeals , and to that he cheerfully sub- mits ...
... extremely clear , which admits not variety of opinion ; and in some matters susceptible of great re- finement , time is perhaps the only infallible touch - stone of taste : to that he appeals , and to that he cheerfully sub- mits ...
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... extremely pleasing : the pleasure here exceeds what arises from following the course of nature ; and it is that pleasure which regulates our train of thought in the case now mentioned , and in others that are similar . These ...
... extremely pleasing : the pleasure here exceeds what arises from following the course of nature ; and it is that pleasure which regulates our train of thought in the case now mentioned , and in others that are similar . These ...
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... extremely sensible of the disgust men generally have to abstract speculation ; and I would avoid it alto- gether , if it could be done in a work that professes to draw the rules of criticism from human nature , their true source . We ...
... extremely sensible of the disgust men generally have to abstract speculation ; and I would avoid it alto- gether , if it could be done in a work that professes to draw the rules of criticism from human nature , their true source . We ...
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... extremely beauti- ful . The 1st , 2d , 3d , 4th , 11th , 24th , 27th odes of the 3d book , lie open all of them to the same censure . The first satire , book 1. is so deformed by want of connexion , as upon the whole to be scarcely ...
... extremely beauti- ful . The 1st , 2d , 3d , 4th , 11th , 24th , 27th odes of the 3d book , lie open all of them to the same censure . The first satire , book 1. is so deformed by want of connexion , as upon the whole to be scarcely ...
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... extremely beautiful , were not more happily in- troduced . I must observe at the same time , that full jus- tice is done to this incident , by considering it to be an episode ; for if it be a constituent part of the principal ac- tion ...
... extremely beautiful , were not more happily in- troduced . I must observe at the same time , that full jus- tice is done to this incident , by considering it to be an episode ; for if it be a constituent part of the principal ac- tion ...
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action Æneid agreeable anger animal love appear appetite arts beauty burlesque Cæsar chapter circumstances colour congruity connexion degree dignity disagreeable distress doth effect elevation emotion raised emotions and passions emotions produced example expression external signs Falstaff feeling figure final cause give grandeur gratification habit hand hath Hence Henry IV Hudibras Iago ideal presence ideas Iliad impression impropriety inflamed influence Jane Shore jects Julius Cæsar kind less manner means mind motion Mourning Bride never nexion novelty objects of sight observation occasion opposite Othello painful emotion painful passion Paradise Lost perceive person pity pleasant emotion pleasure present produceth propensity proper proportion propriety qualities racter reason reflection relation relish remarkable resemblance respect Richard II ridicule riety risible scarce selfish sense sensible sentiments Shakspeare sion slight spectator sublime surprise taste termed things thou thought tion tone tural uniformity variety words
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