 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 362 pagina’s
...elegance or greatness, or with these qualities in any work of art, they are moved upon the same principle. The cause of a wrong taste is a defect of judgment....arise from a natural weakness of understanding (in w hatever the strength of that faculty may consist) or, which is much more commonly the case, it may... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1827 - 194 pagina’s
...elegance or greatness, or with these qualities in any work of art, they are moved upon the same principle. The cause of a wrong Taste is a defect of judgment....commonly the case, it may arise from a want of proper and well directed exercise, which alone can make it strong and ready. Besides, that ignorance, inattention,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 pagina’s
...principle. The cause of a wrong taste is a defect of judiment. And this may arise from a natural weak29 ness of understanding, (in whatever the strength of that...more commonly the case, it may arise from a want of a properand well-directed exercise, which alone can male it strong and ready. Besides that ignorance,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pagina’s
...elegance or greatness, or with these qualities in any work of art, they are moved upon the same principle. The cause of a wrong taste is a defect of judgment. And this may arise from a natural weakni'*5 of understanding, (in whatever the strength of that faculty may consist,) or, which is much... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 pagina’s
...qualities in any work of art, they are moved upon the same principle. The cause of a wrong taste ie understand ing, (in whatever the strength ofthat faculty may consist,) or, which ia much more commonly... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 pagina’s
...elegance or greatness, or with these qualities in any work of art, they are moved upon the same principle. The cause of a wrong taste is a defect of judgment....weakness of understanding, (in whatever the strength ofthat faculty may consist,) or, which is much more commonly the case, it may arise from a want of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 pagina’s
...elegance or greatness, or with these qualities in any work of art, they are moved upon the same principle. s the supreme. There is indeed this difference from the Saxon times, that as in the i weak38 ness of understanding, (in whatever the strength of that faculty may consist,) or, which is... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1840 - 434 pagina’s
...ordinary piece of statuary ; he is immediately struck and pleased, because he sees something like a human figure ; and entirely taken up with this likeness,...exercise, which alone can make it strong and ready. Beside that ignorance, inattention, prejudice, rashness, levity, obstinacy, in short, all those passions,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1844 - 232 pagina’s
...life ? Under wh»t circumstances are theee two characters equally excited? and .this may arise froma natural weakness of understanding, in whatever the strength of that faculty may -jT*^ consist ; jjiywhich is much more commonly the case, k^it may arise from a want of proper and... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1845 - 420 pagina’s
...alone, we fix the epithets of praise or blame, and learn how to assign the due degree of each. " Bat to enable a critic more fully to execute this undertaking,...of understanding (in whatever the strength of that 6» faculty may consist), or which is much more commonly the case, it may arise from a want of proper... | |
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And this may arise from a natural weakness of understanding (in whatever the strength of that faculty may consist), or, which is much more commonly the case, it may arise from a want of a proper and welldirected exercise, which alone can make it strong... 
