Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1 |
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... Pleasures from the fine Arts . MY DEAR JOHN , WE live in an age when almost every thing is artificial . When not only ... pleasure which is imparted by the fine arts , VOL LETTER Introduction -Principle of Association -Plea- sures from ...
... Pleasures from the fine Arts . MY DEAR JOHN , WE live in an age when almost every thing is artificial . When not only ... pleasure which is imparted by the fine arts , VOL LETTER Introduction -Principle of Association -Plea- sures from ...
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. The pleasure which is imparted by the fine arts , and their power over the mind , are founded upon certain principles . We have not yet in- deed been enabled to mount to the source whence their ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. The pleasure which is imparted by the fine arts , and their power over the mind , are founded upon certain principles . We have not yet in- deed been enabled to mount to the source whence their ...
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... pleasure . It is ex- tremely difficult to analyze the sensation , and to account for the pleasing effect of some flowers more than others ; it depends upon the combi- nation and arrangement of colours ; upon the regular disposition of ...
... pleasure . It is ex- tremely difficult to analyze the sensation , and to account for the pleasing effect of some flowers more than others ; it depends upon the combi- nation and arrangement of colours ; upon the regular disposition of ...
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... pleasure derived from the fine arts , and particularly from poetry and oratory , may be resolved , in part at least , into the prin- ciple of association . Many of the human pas- sions are chiefly , if not entirely , derived from it ...
... pleasure derived from the fine arts , and particularly from poetry and oratory , may be resolved , in part at least , into the prin- ciple of association . Many of the human pas- sions are chiefly , if not entirely , derived from it ...
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... pleasure of the sense ; and it is per- haps from its connexion with poetry , or rather from its subservience to it , that it has been class- ed among the superior arts , or those which ad- minister pleasure to the mind . The pleasures ...
... pleasure of the sense ; and it is per- haps from its connexion with poetry , or rather from its subservience to it , that it has been class- ed among the superior arts , or those which ad- minister pleasure to the mind . The pleasures ...
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