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Page 51
... appear on the face of the work , I must caution the reader against imagining that I intended a full dissertation on the Sublime and Beautiful . My inquiry went no farther than to the origin of these ideas . If the qualities which I have ...
... appear on the face of the work , I must caution the reader against imagining that I intended a full dissertation on the Sublime and Beautiful . My inquiry went no farther than to the origin of these ideas . If the qualities which I have ...
Page 52
... appears indeed to be generally acknowledged , that with regard to truth and falsehood there is something fixed . We find people in their disputes continually appealing to certain tests and standards , which are allowed on all sides ...
... appears indeed to be generally acknowledged , that with regard to truth and falsehood there is something fixed . We find people in their disputes continually appealing to certain tests and standards , which are allowed on all sides ...
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... appears to be light to one eye , appears light to another ; that what seems sweet to one palate , is sweet to another ; that what is dark and bitter 54 ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL . PART I.
... appears to be light to one eye , appears light to another ; that what seems sweet to one palate , is sweet to another ; that what is dark and bitter 54 ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL . PART I.
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... appears fully from the consent of all men in the metaphors which are taken from the sense of taste . A sour temper , bitter expressions , bitter curses , a bitter fate , are terms well and strongly understood by all . And we are ...
... appears fully from the consent of all men in the metaphors which are taken from the sense of taste . A sour temper , bitter expressions , bitter curses , a bitter fate , are terms well and strongly understood by all . And we are ...
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... differences . It may perhaps appear , on this supposition , that there is no material distinction between the wit and the judgment , as they both seem to result from different operations of the same 58 ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL .
... differences . It may perhaps appear , on this supposition , that there is no material distinction between the wit and the judgment , as they both seem to result from different operations of the same 58 ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL .
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