An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetorickHill and Moore, 1822 - 304 pages |
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... discover beauties that are concealed from a vulgar eye . It is judg- ed of by the same marks that we employ in judg ing of the delicacy of an external sense . As the goodness of the palate is not tried by strong fla- Taste . 12.
... discover beauties that are concealed from a vulgar eye . It is judg- ed of by the same marks that we employ in judg ing of the delicacy of an external sense . As the goodness of the palate is not tried by strong fla- Taste . 12.
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Hugh Blair. goodness of the palate is not tried by strong fla- vors , but by a mixture of ingredients , where , notwithstanding the confusion , we remain sensi- ble of each ; so delicacy of internal Taste ap- pears by a quick and lively ...
Hugh Blair. goodness of the palate is not tried by strong fla- vors , but by a mixture of ingredients , where , notwithstanding the confusion , we remain sensi- ble of each ; so delicacy of internal Taste ap- pears by a quick and lively ...
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... strong impression . which the powers of Taste and imagination are calculated to give us of the benevolence of our Creator . By these powers , he hath widely en-- larged the spere of the pleasures of human life ; and those , too , of a ...
... strong impression . which the powers of Taste and imagination are calculated to give us of the benevolence of our Creator . By these powers , he hath widely en-- larged the spere of the pleasures of human life ; and those , too , of a ...
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Hugh Blair. Space , however extended in length , makes not so strong an impression as heigth or death . Though a boundless plain is a grand object , yet a lofty mountain , to which we look up , or an aw- ful precipice or tower , whence ...
Hugh Blair. Space , however extended in length , makes not so strong an impression as heigth or death . Though a boundless plain is a grand object , yet a lofty mountain , to which we look up , or an aw- ful precipice or tower , whence ...
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... strong conception , as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Cæsar's fate Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending , like eternal Jove , When guilt brings down the thunder , call'd albad On Tully's name , and ...
... strong conception , as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Cæsar's fate Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending , like eternal Jove , When guilt brings down the thunder , call'd albad On Tully's name , and ...
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