Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum, Volume 3 |
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... mind , under which I comprehend the manners , fentiments , and paf- fions . 3. Thofe internal operations , that are made objective to fenfe by the outward figns of gefture , attitude , or action . Befides these I know of no fource ...
... mind , under which I comprehend the manners , fentiments , and paf- fions . 3. Thofe internal operations , that are made objective to fenfe by the outward figns of gefture , attitude , or action . Befides these I know of no fource ...
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... mind . We are fo constituted , as to have a quick perception of beauty in the forms , combinations , and afpects of things about us ; which the philofopher may amuse himself in explaining from re- mote and infufficient confiderations ...
... mind . We are fo constituted , as to have a quick perception of beauty in the forms , combinations , and afpects of things about us ; which the philofopher may amuse himself in explaining from re- mote and infufficient confiderations ...
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... mind , as in a fit of rap- ture . Whenever the form of natural beauty prefents itself , though but cafually , to the mind of the poet ; bufied , it may be , and in- tent on the investigation of quite other ob- jects ; his imagination ...
... mind , as in a fit of rap- ture . Whenever the form of natural beauty prefents itself , though but cafually , to the mind of the poet ; bufied , it may be , and in- tent on the investigation of quite other ob- jects ; his imagination ...
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... minds . They think they fee ; but it is as through a mift , where if they catch but a faint glimpse of the form before ... mind , he finds it [ ] ARIST . RHET . lib . iii . c . xi . € 2 no no difficulty to convey the livelieft ideas of ...
... minds . They think they fee ; but it is as through a mift , where if they catch but a faint glimpse of the form before ... mind , he finds it [ ] ARIST . RHET . lib . iii . c . xi . € 2 no no difficulty to convey the livelieft ideas of ...
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... mind , if I may fo fpeak , which , like that of outward form and make , by the wife pro- vifion of nature , runs through the whole fpecies . We are all furnished with the fame original properties and affections , as with the fame stock ...
... mind , if I may fo fpeak , which , like that of outward form and make , by the wife pro- vifion of nature , runs through the whole fpecies . We are all furnished with the fame original properties and affections , as with the fame stock ...
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AENEIS affections alfo allufion almoſt anſwer antient beauty becauſe befides beſt cafe character cifely circumftances claffic compofition conclufion confideration copied correfponding defcription defign difpofition diftinct Effay eſpecially Euripides exerciſe expreffion exprefs faid fame fancy feem feen fenfe fenfible fentiment feveral fhall fhew fhould figns fimilar fingle fion firſt fituation fome fometimes forms fpeak fpecies fpirit ftill ftriking fubject fucceeding fuch fufpicion fuppofe furniſh genius ginal GONDIBERT hath himſelf Homer idea imagery imita imitation inftance itſelf Jonfon juft juſt language leaft leaſt lefs manner ment Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity obfervation objects occafion original paffage paffion paſs perfon philofophy Plato pleaſure poem poet poetry prefent purpoſe racters reader reafon refemblance reflexions refpect repreſentation ſay Shakespeare ſpeak ſtate Statius thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought tion tranflated ture ufually underſtand univerfally uſe Virgil whofe words worfe writers καὶ
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