Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste, Volumen2George Ramsay, 1812 - 447 páginas |
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... painful or disagreeable qualities much more sud- denly , as well as more powerfully affect us , than qualities of an opposite kind . When- ever , however , we can prevail upon our- selves to disregard these unpleasing consi- derations ...
... painful or disagreeable qualities much more sud- denly , as well as more powerfully affect us , than qualities of an opposite kind . When- ever , however , we can prevail upon our- selves to disregard these unpleasing consi- derations ...
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... painful sensation which we feel from any disagreeable sound or smell , but to resemble that kind of dissatisfaction which we feel , when Means are unfitted to their End . Thus , the disproportion in the legs of a Chair or Table , does ...
... painful sensation which we feel from any disagreeable sound or smell , but to resemble that kind of dissatisfaction which we feel , when Means are unfitted to their End . Thus , the disproportion in the legs of a Chair or Table , does ...
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... painful ; and that the deviation from them in each of these dimensions , would be attended with a similar Emotion of Discontent . All these Proportions relate either to the Height , the Length , or the Breadth of an apartment . Every ...
... painful ; and that the deviation from them in each of these dimensions , would be attended with a similar Emotion of Discontent . All these Proportions relate either to the Height , the Length , or the Breadth of an apartment . Every ...
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... painful in the same degree that they pass this boundary of apparent security . Thus , a room of twelve feet square , may constitute a pleasing Form ; but a room of sixty feet square would be positively dis- agreeable . A room twenty ...
... painful in the same degree that they pass this boundary of apparent security . Thus , a room of twelve feet square , may constitute a pleasing Form ; but a room of sixty feet square would be positively dis- agreeable . A room twenty ...
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... painful in others . 2. A second cause of this difference in our opinion of the Beauty of Proportion , arises from the Character of the apartment . Every one must have observed , that the different Forms of rooms , their difference of ...
... painful in others . 2. A second cause of this difference in our opinion of the Beauty of Proportion , arises from the Character of the apartment . Every one must have observed , that the different Forms of rooms , their difference of ...
Términos y frases comunes
2dly accordingly admiration affect amid appearances apprehend arises Artist ascer attitude or gesture Beau beautiful Form Beauty of Forms Beauty of Proportion Beauty or Sublimity cause Colours common Complexion Composition considered constitution contrary correspondence degree dispositions of mind distinguished Dress duction Emotion of Beauty Entablature experience expres Expression of Design Expression of Fitness feel felt as beautiful Gaiety gestures or attitudes Human Countenance Human Form illustrations imitation kind language lours mankind manner Melan melancholy ment Motion nance nature neral ness objects observation obvious opinion original Beauty ornament painful Painter passions peculiar perceive perfect conception perhaps permanently beautiful pleasing or interesting pleasure portions pression principle produced propriety racter readers regard Regularity relation rience riety scenery scenes seems sense sensible sentiment of Beauty significant sion species sufficient susceptible Taste tiful tion tural ture Uniformity and Variety weight youth