Elements of Criticism, Volume 2John Bell and William Creech; and for T. Cadell, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London., 1788 - Criticism |
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... nature imitative . An ornamented field is not a copy or imitation of nature , but nature itfelf embellifh- ed . Architecture is productive of originals , and copies not from nature . Sound and motion may in fome measure be imitated by ...
... nature imitative . An ornamented field is not a copy or imitation of nature , but nature itfelf embellifh- ed . Architecture is productive of originals , and copies not from nature . Sound and motion may in fome measure be imitated by ...
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... natural ftyle , and that where tranfpofition or inverfion prevails . There are , it is true , no precife boundaries be- tween them , for they run into each other like the fhades of different colours . No perfon , however , is at a lofs ...
... natural ftyle , and that where tranfpofition or inverfion prevails . There are , it is true , no precife boundaries be- tween them , for they run into each other like the fhades of different colours . No perfon , however , is at a lofs ...
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... natural : witnefs the following examples . In the fincerity of my heart , I profess , & c . By our own ill management , we are ... nature , tho ' a fubject cannot exist without its qualities , nor a quality without a fubject ; yet in our ...
... natural : witnefs the following examples . In the fincerity of my heart , I profess , & c . By our own ill management , we are ... nature , tho ' a fubject cannot exist without its qualities , nor a quality without a fubject ; yet in our ...
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... natural tranfition of perception , it is commu- nicated to the very found of the words , fo as in appearance to improve ... nature , prone in every inftance to place to- gether things in any manner connected : where things are arranged ...
... natural tranfition of perception , it is commu- nicated to the very found of the words , fo as in appearance to improve ... nature , prone in every inftance to place to- gether things in any manner connected : where things are arranged ...
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... nature that hath an extenfive operation : and we find this operation , even where the ob- jects are not otherwise related than by juxtapofi- tion of the words that exprefs them . Hence , to elevate or depress an object , one method is ...
... nature that hath an extenfive operation : and we find this operation , even where the ob- jects are not otherwise related than by juxtapofi- tion of the words that exprefs them . Hence , to elevate or depress an object , one method is ...
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