Major Writers of America, Volume 1Perry Miller Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 - Literary Criticism Selections from the writings of fifteen important American authors, including portions of novels, short stories, prose and poems. |
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... beauty . Which is no more than to say , the more there are of dif- ferent mutually agreeing things , the greater is the beauty . And the reason of that is , because it is more considerable to have many things consent one with another ...
... beauty . Which is no more than to say , the more there are of dif- ferent mutually agreeing things , the greater is the beauty . And the reason of that is , because it is more considerable to have many things consent one with another ...
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... beauty , and secondary , or natural beauty . Concerning this latter , inferior kind of beauty , the following things may be observed : 1. The cause why secondary beauty is grateful to men , is only a law of nature , which God has fixed ...
... beauty , and secondary , or natural beauty . Concerning this latter , inferior kind of beauty , the following things may be observed : 1. The cause why secondary beauty is grateful to men , is only a law of nature , which God has fixed ...
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... beauty of the world may be viewed , namely , as it becomes an object of the intellect . Beside the rela- tion of things to virtue , they have a relation to thought . The intellect searches out the absolute or- der of things as they ...
... beauty of the world may be viewed , namely , as it becomes an object of the intellect . Beside the rela- tion of things to virtue , they have a relation to thought . The intellect searches out the absolute or- der of things as they ...
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