The British Critic, Volumes 3-4F. and C. Rivington, 1815 |
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... Nature and Principles of Taste , know the thorough elegance of its author's mind , and the habitual gracefulness and ... natural ; but let those who would ape him , beware , lest on them it be no more than a tawdry imitation . But there ...
... Nature and Principles of Taste , know the thorough elegance of its author's mind , and the habitual gracefulness and ... natural ; but let those who would ape him , beware , lest on them it be no more than a tawdry imitation . But there ...
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... Nature bestowed it , or as an end which man creates for himself , and independent of the purpose for which it was bestowed . It is in this simple distinction , I appre- hend , that we shall find the answer to all our enquiries . ” P ...
... Nature bestowed it , or as an end which man creates for himself , and independent of the purpose for which it was bestowed . It is in this simple distinction , I appre- hend , that we shall find the answer to all our enquiries . ” P ...
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... Nature herself , it seem'd , would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns , or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells , And still , between each ...
... Nature herself , it seem'd , would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns , or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells , And still , between each ...
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... nature , and the single tracts too often partake of the nature of the whole . The statistical portions of the work are decidedly the best ; the de- scriptive parts are generally good ; of history and politics there is but little and ...
... nature , and the single tracts too often partake of the nature of the whole . The statistical portions of the work are decidedly the best ; the de- scriptive parts are generally good ; of history and politics there is but little and ...
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... nature of religion , in which he is fully borne out by the deductions of reason and the testimony of experience . " Inasmuch , however , as religion is a matter of a social nature , the question widely varies it's aspect . For though ...
... nature of religion , in which he is fully borne out by the deductions of reason and the testimony of experience . " Inasmuch , however , as religion is a matter of a social nature , the question widely varies it's aspect . For though ...
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