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Page 86
... ugliness also in its essential nature would not be a reproach to poetry ; and yet Homer has depicted the extremest ugliness in Thersites , and depicted it , moreover , in its elements set side by side . Why was that permitted to him ...
... ugliness also in its essential nature would not be a reproach to poetry ; and yet Homer has depicted the extremest ugliness in Thersites , and depicted it , moreover , in its elements set side by side . Why was that permitted to him ...
Page 90
... ugliness in imitation . The pleasure that arises from the satisfaction of our curiosity is momentary , and merely accidental to the subject from which it arises ; the dissatisfaction , on the contrary , that accom- panies the sight of ...
... ugliness in imitation . The pleasure that arises from the satisfaction of our curiosity is momentary , and merely accidental to the subject from which it arises ; the dissatisfaction , on the contrary , that accom- panies the sight of ...
Page 91
... ugliness can even in painting be made laughable , especially when there is combined with it an affectation of charm and dignity . It is just as incontestable that mischievous ugliness does in painting , just as in Nature , excite horror ...
... ugliness can even in painting be made laughable , especially when there is combined with it an affectation of charm and dignity . It is just as incontestable that mischievous ugliness does in painting , just as in Nature , excite horror ...
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Agesander Al-Hafi already amongst ancient appear artist Athenodorus beauty better brother Caylus certainly Chabrias Christian Daja dear Dervish disgust Edited ESSAYS Exit expression eyes father feel Francisca Friar give Greek hand hear heart Heraclius Herr Winckelmann Homer honour imitation kind Knight lady ladyship Landlord Laocoön leave less listen little girl look lord Lysippus madam mademoiselle Major von Tellheim Mameluke master mean merely Minna Nathan Nature Neoptolemus never once Ovid pain painter painting Patriarch perhaps Phidias Philoctetes picture pity play Pliny POEMS poet poetic poetry Polydorus reason Recha Riccaut ring Saladin SCENE Sergeant-Major Shield sister Sittah Sophocles soul speak Stauffen story Sultan sure tell Templar thank things thou thought Thuringia to-day Translated true truth ugliness Virgil vols von Tellheim Werner What's wish word δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν