An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of TasteT. Payne, 1806 - 473 pages |
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... consists . 2. Reason , as applied to Taste . 3. Demonstration and Analogy . 4. Laws of Nature . 5. In Matters of Demonstration ; in Matters of Belief . 6. Use of the Distinction . 7 , 8. Illustrated by Instances . 9. Aristotle's Opinion ...
... consists . 2. Reason , as applied to Taste . 3. Demonstration and Analogy . 4. Laws of Nature . 5. In Matters of Demonstration ; in Matters of Belief . 6. Use of the Distinction . 7 , 8. Illustrated by Instances . 9. Aristotle's Opinion ...
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... consists . Only a few years ago , a beauty equipped for conquest was a heterogeneous combination of incoherent forms , which nature could never have united in one animal , nor art blended in one composition : it consisted of a head ...
... consists . Only a few years ago , a beauty equipped for conquest was a heterogeneous combination of incoherent forms , which nature could never have united in one animal , nor art blended in one composition : it consisted of a head ...
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... consist . Nature , however , has anticipated most of these arts , and rendered them super- fluous further than as they tend to assist and vary her operations ; for we must not imagine that the food , which we call simple , is in re ...
... consist . Nature , however , has anticipated most of these arts , and rendered them super- fluous further than as they tend to assist and vary her operations ; for we must not imagine that the food , which we call simple , is in re ...
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... consists in the mere aptitude of the organs to receive impressions : but it does not appear that the impressions ever go further than the organs , which receive them ; and if they do not , it is evident that they can excite neither ...
... consists in the mere aptitude of the organs to receive impressions : but it does not appear that the impressions ever go further than the organs , which receive them ; and if they do not , it is evident that they can excite neither ...
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... consists in the melody of inarti- culate sounds , so does poetry , as far as it can be considered as a gratification of sense , in that of articulate sounds : but as articulation consists in the division and interruption of tones , and ...
... consists in the melody of inarti- culate sounds , so does poetry , as far as it can be considered as a gratification of sense , in that of articulate sounds : but as articulation consists in the division and interruption of tones , and ...
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