Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1A. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1798 - English language |
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... whofe minds have this liberal and elegant turn . It is favourable to many virtues . Whereas , to be entirely devoid of relish for eloquence , poetry , or any of the fine arts , is justly conftrued to be an unpromifing symptom of youth ...
... whofe minds have this liberal and elegant turn . It is favourable to many virtues . Whereas , to be entirely devoid of relish for eloquence , poetry , or any of the fine arts , is justly conftrued to be an unpromifing symptom of youth ...
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... whofe trade or bufinefs leads to nice exertions of them . Touch , for inftance , becomes infinitely more exquifite in men whofe employment requires them to examine the polish of bodies , than it is in others . They who deal in ...
... whofe trade or bufinefs leads to nice exertions of them . Touch , for inftance , becomes infinitely more exquifite in men whofe employment requires them to examine the polish of bodies , than it is in others . They who deal in ...
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... defcription , without our poffeffing the virtuous affections . He whofe heart is indelicate or hard , he who has no admiration of what is truly noble or praiseworthy , nor It . nor the proper fympathetic fenfe of what is 26 TAST E.
... defcription , without our poffeffing the virtuous affections . He whofe heart is indelicate or hard , he who has no admiration of what is truly noble or praiseworthy , nor It . nor the proper fympathetic fenfe of what is 26 TAST E.
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... whofe internal fenfes were in every inftance exquifite and juft , and whofe reafon was unerring and fure , the determinations of fuch a perfon concerning beauty , would , beyond doubt , be a perfect standard for the Taste of all others ...
... whofe internal fenfes were in every inftance exquifite and juft , and whofe reafon was unerring and fure , the determinations of fuch a perfon concerning beauty , would , beyond doubt , be a perfect standard for the Taste of all others ...
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... whofe admirable writings are found inftances of rudeness and indelicacy , which the more refined Taste of later writers , who had far inferior Genius to them , would have taught them to avoid . As all human perfection is limited , this ...
... whofe admirable writings are found inftances of rudeness and indelicacy , which the more refined Taste of later writers , who had far inferior Genius to them , would have taught them to avoid . As all human perfection is limited , this ...
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