A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulR. and J. Dodsley, 1764 - 342 頁 |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 92 筆
第 iv 頁
... must be neglected ; that we must often fubmit the style to the matter , and frequently give up the praife of elegance , fatisfied with being clear . The The characters of nature are legible it is true ; iv The PREFACE .
... must be neglected ; that we must often fubmit the style to the matter , and frequently give up the praife of elegance , fatisfied with being clear . The The characters of nature are legible it is true ; iv The PREFACE .
第 v 頁
... must make use of a cautious , I had almost faid , a timorous method of proceeding : We must not . attempt to fly , when we can fcarcely pretend to creep . In confidering any complex mat- ter , we ought to examine every distinct in ...
... must make use of a cautious , I had almost faid , a timorous method of proceeding : We must not . attempt to fly , when we can fcarcely pretend to creep . In confidering any complex mat- ter , we ought to examine every distinct in ...
第 vii 頁
... not appear on the face of the work , I must caution the reader against imagining that I intended a full differtation on the Sublime and Beautiful . My enquiry A 4 went went no farther than to the origin of these ideas The PREFACE .
... not appear on the face of the work , I must caution the reader against imagining that I intended a full differtation on the Sublime and Beautiful . My enquiry A 4 went went no farther than to the origin of these ideas The PREFACE .
第 xv 頁
... must be fimilar 267 268 SECT . XIII . The effects of fucceffion in visual objects explained SECT . XIV . Locke's opinion con- cerning darkness confidered 272 SECT . XV . Darkness terrible in its own nature 275 SECT . XVI . Why Darkness ...
... must be fimilar 267 268 SECT . XIII . The effects of fucceffion in visual objects explained SECT . XIV . Locke's opinion con- cerning darkness confidered 272 SECT . XV . Darkness terrible in its own nature 275 SECT . XVI . Why Darkness ...
第 3 頁
... fected according to fome invariable and certain laws , our labour is like to be em- ployed to very little purpofe ; as it must be judged an useless , if not an absurd B 2 under- undertaking , to lay down rules for ca- price , ON TASTE . 3.
... fected according to fome invariable and certain laws , our labour is like to be em- ployed to very little purpofe ; as it must be judged an useless , if not an absurd B 2 under- undertaking , to lay down rules for ca- price , ON TASTE . 3.
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abfolute affect agreeable almoſt animals arifes aſcertain beau becauſe Befides cafe caufe cauſe of beauty colours complete beauty confider confideration confiftent darkneſs defigned degree delicacy delight deſcription diftinct diſcover eaſy faid fatisfaction fect feem fenfation fenfes fenfible fettle feveral fhall fhew figure fimilar fimply fince fion firſt fitneſs fmall fociety foft fome fomething fpecies ftrength fubject fublime fuch fudden fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure furface horſe idea imagination imitation impoffible infinite infinity itſelf juſt laſt leaſt lefs line of beauty manner meaſures mind moft moſt muſt natural object neceffary neck nefs never obferved paffions pain perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffible pofitive preſent produce proportion purpoſes qualities raiſe reaſon repreſented reſemblance riety ſay SECT ſeems ſenſe ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſmall ſmooth ſome ſtate ſtriking ſtrong ſuch ſuppoſed Tafte Taſte terror thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſe weakneſs whilft whofe
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第 98 頁 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
第 50 頁 - Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain, and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about terrible objects, or operates in a manner analogous to terror, is a source of the sublime; that is, it is productive of the strongest emotion which the mind is capable of feeling.
第 8 頁 - ... a sort of creative power of its own; either in representing at pleasure the images of things in the order and manner in which they were received by the senses, or in combining those images in a new manner, and according to a different order.
第 5 頁 - A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined ; but let the virtue of a definition be what it will, in the order of things, it seems rather to follow than to precede our inquiry, of which it ought to be considered as the result.
第 66 頁 - But the case is widely different with the greater part of mankind; there is no spectacle we so eagerly pursue as that of some uncommon and grievous calamity; so that whether the misfortune is before our eyes, or whether they are turned back to it in history, it always touches with delight. This is not an unmixed delight, but blended with no small uneasiness.
第 109 頁 - But whilst we contemplate so vast an object, under the arm, as it were, of almighty power, and invested upon every side with omnipresence, we shrink into the minuteness of our own nature, and are, in a manner, annihilated before him.
第 118 頁 - I am apt to imagine likewise, that height is less grand than depth; and that we are more struck at looking down from a precipice, than at looking up at an object of equal height, but of that I am not very positive.
第 97 頁 - ... dark, confused, uncertain images have a greater power on the fancy to form the grander passions than those have which are more clear and determinate.
第 216 頁 - Campanella. This man, it seems, had not only made very accurate observations on human faces, but was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had a mind to penetrate into the inclinations of those he had to deal with, he composed his face, his gesture, and his whole body, as nearly as...
第 105 頁 - Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee? Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?