Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... object of anxious inquiry . Men have long agreed in regarding some things as pleasing ; but not satisfied with this , we are led to inquire whence they have derived their power to please , and on what principle in human na- ture it is ...
... object of anxious inquiry . Men have long agreed in regarding some things as pleasing ; but not satisfied with this , we are led to inquire whence they have derived their power to please , and on what principle in human na- ture it is ...
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... objects . It is exceedingly obvious that two or more sensations happening at the same time , the ideas will become united . Thus the ideas of the figure and colour of bodies admitted by the eye are always combined , and these may be ...
... objects . It is exceedingly obvious that two or more sensations happening at the same time , the ideas will become united . Thus the ideas of the figure and colour of bodies admitted by the eye are always combined , and these may be ...
Side 4
... object , is complex , or com- posed of several ideas united : of figure , colour , and perhaps softness or hardness also . If music is heard while we behold the instrument , the sound will be associated with the visible ap- pearance ...
... object , is complex , or com- posed of several ideas united : of figure , colour , and perhaps softness or hardness also . If music is heard while we behold the instrument , the sound will be associated with the visible ap- pearance ...
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... all this to the immediate object of our correspondence . Nothing is more obvious than that some books are more pleasing than others ; some forcibly occupy our attention , while some inevitably tire and disgust . It is very THE FINE ARTS .
... all this to the immediate object of our correspondence . Nothing is more obvious than that some books are more pleasing than others ; some forcibly occupy our attention , while some inevitably tire and disgust . It is very THE FINE ARTS .
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... object . We are now consi- dering the source of that pleasure which is de- rivable from the mere style , manner , or language of a literary production . Authors have distinguished between the dif- ferent styles ; and a grand division is ...
... object . We are now consi- dering the source of that pleasure which is de- rivable from the mere style , manner , or language of a literary production . Authors have distinguished between the dif- ferent styles ; and a grand division is ...
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