An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of Our Ideas of Beauty, &c. ...J. Smeeton, 1789 - 52 pages |
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abſtract idea affections appear artiſt becauſe beſt blemiſhes breaſt cauſe ception cerned characteriſtic ciples common fenfe common form compaffion compofed conftitute courſe cultivation deformity degree demonftrable difguft diſcovery diſguſt diſpleaſing exift exiſt expreffion exterior faculties falfe faſhions fecond fection feen feminine fentiment of grace fentiment of tafte fhould fome fometimes foul fource ftand fyftem Grace feems gree happineſs higheſt human form idea of beauty idea of tafte ideal region imagine intellectual pleaſure intereſting itſelf ject JOSEPH BANKS mafculine mind moft moral fenfe moſt muft muſt nature obfcure obferved object of taſte oppofite ornament perceive perception perfect white philofopher pleafing pleaſe poffefs point of fublimity poliſh principles of beauty principles of taſte racter reafon refined refpecting ruftic rules can teach SAMUEL JOHNSON ſay ſeems ſenſe ſome ſphere ſtages ſyſtem Tafle theſe thofe thoſe tion true pleaſure true tafte truth underſtanding unifon univerfal unuſual utmoſt vifible virtue witnefs