Letters from a Father to His Son: Letters ... written in the years 1792 and 1793. 3d ed. 1796J. Johnson, 1796 |
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... taste . Let us then feek a firmer foundation for our judgment . All philofophers agree , that man is pe- culiarly characterized as an improveable being , not only with refpect to the indivi- dual , but to the fpecies . It is true , many ...
... taste . Let us then feek a firmer foundation for our judgment . All philofophers agree , that man is pe- culiarly characterized as an improveable being , not only with refpect to the indivi- dual , but to the fpecies . It is true , many ...
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... taste of the learner , every ad- vance towards perfection must proceed from individual talents and industry . With a block of marble and a chisel , and a foul touched with the fire of genius , and habituated to the contemplation of fine ...
... taste of the learner , every ad- vance towards perfection must proceed from individual talents and industry . With a block of marble and a chisel , and a foul touched with the fire of genius , and habituated to the contemplation of fine ...
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... again . This feems to be the cafe among us at prefent ; and he must be a very prejudiced reader , who can prefer the literary taste of the ages of Elizabeth and and the Charles's , to that of the present day 20 LETTER III .
... again . This feems to be the cafe among us at prefent ; and he must be a very prejudiced reader , who can prefer the literary taste of the ages of Elizabeth and and the Charles's , to that of the present day 20 LETTER III .
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... we think may deferve praise . This may occafionally , in perfons of a corrupted taste , lead to en- deavours at excelling in trivial and useless perform- E 2 performances ; but it can fcarcely ever lead to actions LOVE OF APPLAUSE . 51.
... we think may deferve praise . This may occafionally , in perfons of a corrupted taste , lead to en- deavours at excelling in trivial and useless perform- E 2 performances ; but it can fcarcely ever lead to actions LOVE OF APPLAUSE . 51.
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... taste for fuch reading is a kind of falfe appetite refem- bling that for fnuff and tobacco , which rather feeks the fupply of a want , than the enjoyment of a pleasure . It is now time to fum up my critical doctrine , which I fhall do ...
... taste for fuch reading is a kind of falfe appetite refem- bling that for fnuff and tobacco , which rather feeks the fupply of a want , than the enjoyment of a pleasure . It is now time to fum up my critical doctrine , which I fhall do ...
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