A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste, 1. kötetSherwood, Jones, 1823 - 408 oldal |
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ix. oldal
... through the affectation of superior knowledge , or at least through motives less honourable than the disinterested love of truth ; but he who fears to pursue that course which his own judgment points out to PREFACE . ix.
... through the affectation of superior knowledge , or at least through motives less honourable than the disinterested love of truth ; but he who fears to pursue that course which his own judgment points out to PREFACE . ix.
2. oldal
... knowledge that constitutes taste ; whence it follows , that the extent of our acquaintance with the qualities of beauty always determines the extent of our acquaintance with the principles of taste . A knowledge of the one necessarily ...
... knowledge that constitutes taste ; whence it follows , that the extent of our acquaintance with the qualities of beauty always determines the extent of our acquaintance with the principles of taste . A knowledge of the one necessarily ...
5. oldal
... knowledge or perception of the qualities of beauty in an object , but in a passive faculty of being pleased at their presence , it is possible to have a perfect knowledge of beauty without any taste ; and the best connoisseur can have ...
... knowledge or perception of the qualities of beauty in an object , but in a passive faculty of being pleased at their presence , it is possible to have a perfect knowledge of beauty without any taste ; and the best connoisseur can have ...
9. oldal
... knowledge , and become better acquainted with these ex- citing causes . As the qualities of beauty are among the causes which affect our natural sensi- bility , it must therefore follow , that in proportion as we become more and more ...
... knowledge , and become better acquainted with these ex- citing causes . As the qualities of beauty are among the causes which affect our natural sensi- bility , it must therefore follow , that in proportion as we become more and more ...
15. oldal
... knowledge , only weakens the plea- sure which it originally imparts . Hence it is , that the emotion of pleasure , or , as it is called , the emotion of taste , so seldom accompanies that perception of beauty , in which taste properly ...
... knowledge , only weakens the plea- sure which it originally imparts . Hence it is , that the emotion of pleasure , or , as it is called , the emotion of taste , so seldom accompanies that perception of beauty , in which taste properly ...
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acquainted admiration admit adopt Æneid affected agreeable Angelo appear argument authority Bernini blank verse Boileau cause cerning character choly circumstances common feeling conclusions correct courser criticism delight discern discover discussion distinct doubt elegant emotion equally error excite existence expression exquisite faculty false fashion forms founded genius give habit Homer Hudibras ideas of beauty ignorant Iliad imagination imitation impart impression influence intellectual ject judgment Knight knowledge less Lord Kames Madame de Staël manner melan ment Milton mind nature necessarily never object of taste obscurity observed obvious opinion original Ossian painting passage passion perceive perception perfect philosophy pleasing pleasure poetry poets Pope possess present principles of taste produce prove Ptolemy qualities of beauty racter reason refined Rembrandt render rience Satan says scepticism sensation sense sensibility sentiment shew shewn Sir Joshua Reynolds style sublime suppose tain Theramene thing thought tion true truth Virgil writers
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107. oldal - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
202. oldal - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday...
330. oldal - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
125. oldal - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides; Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...
56. oldal - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause.
156. oldal - O my soul's joy ! If after every tempest come such calms, May the winds blow till they have waken'd death ! And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas, Olympus-high ; and duck again as low As hell's from heaven ! If it were now to die, 'Twere now to be most happy ; for, I fear, My soul hath her content so absolute, That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
141. oldal - THAT HE HAD A HEAD TO CONTRIVE, A TONGUE TO PERSUADE, AND A HAND TO EXECUTE ANY MISCHIEF.
333. oldal - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
315. oldal - Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay ; But true expression, like th' unchanging sun, Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon ; It gilds all objects, but it alters none.
240. oldal - ... kinds of thoughts which are carefully to be avoided. The first are such as are affected and unnatural ; the second, such as are mean and vulgar. As for the first kind of thoughts, we meet with little or nothing that is like them in Virgil : he has none of those trifling...