Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1842 - 504 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... Hence a foundation for reasoning upon the taste arts . * A taste for natural objects is born with us in perfection ; for relishing a fine countenance , a rich landscape , or a vivid colour , culture is unnecessary . The observation ...
... Hence a foundation for reasoning upon the taste arts . * A taste for natural objects is born with us in perfection ; for relishing a fine countenance , a rich landscape , or a vivid colour , culture is unnecessary . The observation ...
Pàgina 16
... Hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every passion ; but seldom delicacy of taste . Upon a man possessed of that blessing , the moral duties , no less than the fine arts , make a deep impression , and counterbalance ...
... Hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every passion ; but seldom delicacy of taste . Upon a man possessed of that blessing , the moral duties , no less than the fine arts , make a deep impression , and counterbalance ...
Pàgina 21
... hence it is that accurate judgment is not friendly to declamation or copious elo- quence . This reasoning is confirmed by experience ; for it is a noted observation , that a great or comprehensive memory is seldom connected with a good ...
... hence it is that accurate judgment is not friendly to declamation or copious elo- quence . This reasoning is confirmed by experience ; for it is a noted observation , that a great or comprehensive memory is seldom connected with a good ...
Pàgina 23
... hence the singular beauty of smoke ascending in a calm morning . I am extremely sensible of the disgust men generally have to abstract speculation ; and I would avoid it altogether , if it could be done in a work that professes to draw ...
... hence the singular beauty of smoke ascending in a calm morning . I am extremely sensible of the disgust men generally have to abstract speculation ; and I would avoid it altogether , if it could be done in a work that professes to draw ...
Pàgina 29
... Hence it must be evident , that emotions are raised , not by qualities abstractly considered , but by the substance or body so and so qualified . Thus , a spreading oak raises a pleasant emotion , by means of its color , figure ...
... Hence it must be evident , that emotions are raised , not by qualities abstractly considered , but by the substance or body so and so qualified . Thus , a spreading oak raises a pleasant emotion , by means of its color , figure ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 332 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest ; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Pàgina 112 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Pàgina 397 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Pàgina 142 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Pàgina 395 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Pàgina 445 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Pàgina 406 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Pàgina 329 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. DUCH. Alas, poor Richard! where rides he the whilst? YORK. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Pàgina 84 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Pàgina 242 - tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two...