Letters Concerning TasteR. and J. Dodsley, 1755 - 143 páginas |
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... tion that Beauty or Harmony gives the Soul , fhould fo often affert , contrary to what you daily experience , that TASTE is govern'd by Caprice , and that BEAUTY is reducible to no Criterion ? I am afraid your Generosity in this ...
... tion that Beauty or Harmony gives the Soul , fhould fo often affert , contrary to what you daily experience , that TASTE is govern'd by Caprice , and that BEAUTY is reducible to no Criterion ? I am afraid your Generosity in this ...
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... tion . What you obferve is very true , that the human Form , ( the most glorious Object , as you are pleas'd to call it , in the Creation ) let it be made with the most accurate Symmetry and Proportion , may receive additional Charms ...
... tion . What you obferve is very true , that the human Form , ( the most glorious Object , as you are pleas'd to call it , in the Creation ) let it be made with the most accurate Symmetry and Proportion , may receive additional Charms ...
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... tion of fuch Charms to Proportion , which is called Taste in Mufick , Painting , Poetry , Sculpture , Gardening and Archi- tecture . By which is generally meant that happy Affemblage which excites in our Minds , by Analogy , fome ...
... tion of fuch Charms to Proportion , which is called Taste in Mufick , Painting , Poetry , Sculpture , Gardening and Archi- tecture . By which is generally meant that happy Affemblage which excites in our Minds , by Analogy , fome ...
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... of Mind , mix'd with an Admira- tion of antient Manners and antient My- thology , you will not wonder that a Place , which answers in Miniature to ELIAN'S ÆLIAN's ravishing Description of TEMPE , should thus warmly affect 16 LETTER III .
... of Mind , mix'd with an Admira- tion of antient Manners and antient My- thology , you will not wonder that a Place , which answers in Miniature to ELIAN'S ÆLIAN's ravishing Description of TEMPE , should thus warmly affect 16 LETTER III .
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... of Ivy fhooting forth in it , which flourishes and grows fo thick , that , like the generous and leafy Vine , it crawls up the trunks of 66 66 " tall fympathizing Warmth of your Imagina- tion , therefore fhall leave 18 III . LETTER.
... of Ivy fhooting forth in it , which flourishes and grows fo thick , that , like the generous and leafy Vine , it crawls up the trunks of 66 66 " tall fympathizing Warmth of your Imagina- tion , therefore fhall leave 18 III . LETTER.
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Æsop againſt AGATHOCLES almoſt ancient anſwer Applauſe arife ARISTUS Artiſt Author betwixt Cauſe cern Charms Compofitions Converfation CORINTHIAN Order Criticiſm CROESUS dare fay dear defcend defcribed defire Deſcription DORIC Order elegant enchanting ESOPUS eſpecially EUMELUS EUPHEMIUS Expreffion faid fame Fancy feems fhall fhould fince firft firſt fome foon Friend ftill fuch fuperior fure fweet Genius Goodneſs Grace greateſt Happineſs happy Heart herſelf Hiftory himſelf human Iliad Imagination Imitation Inftances ingenious itſelf JOVIANUS PONTANUS laft Landſcape laſt lefs LEONORA LETTER LETTER LINCO Love Mafters manner moft Moral moſt moſt beautiful muſt myſelf Nature Nymph Obfervation Occafion OVID Paffages Paffions pafs Peneus Pleaſure Poet poetical Poetry prefent PSYCHE Purpoſe Reafon reft Repreſentation Roscius ſay Senſe ſeveral ſhall ſhe Soul Species ſpent Spirits of Senfe ſpoke STROZZA Tafte Taſte thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe thro tion tivated Tranflation Truth uſe whilft whofe whoſe Wiſhes
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