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Pagina 85
... pleasing either . If he introduces stage pomp , the critic consigns his performance to the vulgar ; if he indulges in recital and simplicity , it is ac- cused of insipidity , or dry affectation . From the nature , therefore , of our ...
... pleasing either . If he introduces stage pomp , the critic consigns his performance to the vulgar ; if he indulges in recital and simplicity , it is ac- cused of insipidity , or dry affectation . From the nature , therefore , of our ...
Pagina 110
... pleasing sensations , or by being thought in a secondary manner capable of making other objects contribute to this effect . The pleasures of immediate sensation are coƫval with our senses , and , perhaps , most vivid in infancy ; the ...
... pleasing sensations , or by being thought in a secondary manner capable of making other objects contribute to this effect . The pleasures of immediate sensation are coƫval with our senses , and , perhaps , most vivid in infancy ; the ...
Pagina 159
... pleasing . The pleasure Garrick gives can no way compare to that I had received from a country wag , who imitated a Quaker's sermon . The music of Mattei1 is dis- sonance to what I felt when our old dairy - maid sung me into tears with ...
... pleasing . The pleasure Garrick gives can no way compare to that I had received from a country wag , who imitated a Quaker's sermon . The music of Mattei1 is dis- sonance to what I felt when our old dairy - maid sung me into tears with ...
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Of the present state of polite learning in Italy | 27 |
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