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Page 7
... perly liberal arts , fall entirely under the deno- mination of the useful ; whereas painting and fculpture , though requiring a good deal of manual labour , and in that respect more nearly " related to the mechanical , belong to the ...
... perly liberal arts , fall entirely under the deno- mination of the useful ; whereas painting and fculpture , though requiring a good deal of manual labour , and in that respect more nearly " related to the mechanical , belong to the ...
Page 16
... perly conducted , leads directly to an acquaint- ance with ourselves ; it not only traces the ope- rations of the intellect and imagination , but discloses the lurking fprings of action in the heart . In this view it is perhaps the ...
... perly conducted , leads directly to an acquaint- ance with ourselves ; it not only traces the ope- rations of the intellect and imagination , but discloses the lurking fprings of action in the heart . In this view it is perhaps the ...
Page 55
... perly than to the light ? A FOURTH variety , much refembling the for- mer , is when the argument or comparison ( for all argument is a kind of comparifon ) is founded on the fuppofal of corporeal or perfonal attributes in what is ...
... perly than to the light ? A FOURTH variety , much refembling the for- mer , is when the argument or comparison ( for all argument is a kind of comparifon ) is founded on the fuppofal of corporeal or perfonal attributes in what is ...
Page 189
... perly belongs to the confideration which the fpeaker ought to have of his audience , not as men in general , but as fuch men in particu- lar . The obfcurity which arifeth from the ex- preffion will come in courfe to be confidered in the ...
... perly belongs to the confideration which the fpeaker ought to have of his audience , not as men in general , but as fuch men in particu- lar . The obfcurity which arifeth from the ex- preffion will come in courfe to be confidered in the ...
Page 203
... perly , fhown it to have no meaning . He mentions two opi- nions concerning the connexion of truth and beauty , which is one fpecies of good . " Some philofophers , fays he , affert an " independent and invariable law in Nature , in ...
... perly , fhown it to have no meaning . He mentions two opi- nions concerning the connexion of truth and beauty , which is one fpecies of good . " Some philofophers , fays he , affert an " independent and invariable law in Nature , in ...
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