| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1790 - 606 страница
...efcprefled, with regard to the proper mode of philofophical inquiry. ' Tafte,' fays Mr. Alifen, • is that faculty of the human mind, by which we perceive...is BEAUTIFUL or SUBLIME in the works of Nature or Art. ' The perception of thefe qualities is attended with an emotion of pleafure, very diftingurfhabie... | |
| 1790 - 612 страница
...exprefled, with regard to the proper mode of philofophical inquiry. « Tarte,' fays Mr. Alifon, * is that faculty of the human mind, by which we perceive and enjoy, whatever ia BEAUTIFUL or SUBLIME in the works of Nature or Art. 1 The perception of thefe qualities is attended... | |
| 1809 - 572 страница
...Taste and correct Criticism. " Taste is that faculty of the human mind, by which we are enabled to perceive and enjoy whatever is beautiful or sublime in the works of nature and of art." By a Studious attention to the best authors, and a frequent intercourse with literary... | |
| 1802 - 764 страница
...intellectual powers." /. 307— ЗШ. Our author describes taste as the peculiar privilege to perceive and to enjoy whatever is beautiful or sublime in the works of nature or of :irt ; and in pursuing the subject, observes, that " The more deeply we examine this curious subject,... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1812 - 444 страница
...Cambridge....Printed by Hilliard & Metealf. 1812. INTRODUCTION. 1 ASTE is in general considered as that faculty of the human mind, by which we perceive...is BEAUTIFUL or SUBLIME in the works of nature or art. The perception of these qualities is attended with an emotion of pleasure, very distinguishable... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1812 - 442 страница
...Cambridge.. ..Printed by Milliard & Mctcalf. 1812. A *< b? - :» 1 -I ASTE is in general considered as that faculty of the human mind, by which we perceive...is BEAUTIFUL or SUBLIME in the works of nature or art. The perception of these qualities is attended with an emotion of pleasure, very distinguishable... | |
| Elizabeth Hamilton - 1813 - 556 страница
...seldom the boon of uncultivated minds, experience affords us convincing proofs. To perceive and to enjoy whatever is beautiful or sublime in the works of nature or of art, is the peculiar privilege of taste. Its emotions are accordingly divided by an author,* to whose elegant... | |
| 1814 - 642 страница
...Taste is used in a figurative sense, to denote that faculty oi'tlic n ind by which we perceive iind enjoy whatever is beautiful or sublime in the works of nature or art. Like the taste of the palate, this faculty relishes some (hin^«, is disgusted with others, and... | |
| John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 страница
...lor which man has less occasion. ' TASTE is used in a figurative sense, to denote that faculty of the mind by which we perceive and enjoy whatever is beautiful or sublime in the works of nature or of art. Like the taste of the palate, this faculty relishes some things, is disgusted with other*, and to many... | |
| Martin MACDERMOT, Martin M'Dermot - 1823 - 434 страница
...with, or which form a judgment of, the works of imagination and the elegant arts." Allison defines it: "that faculty of the human mind, by which we perceive...is beautiful or sublime in the works of nature or art." Reid makes it consist in a power of discerning and relishing these beauties. Voltaire, after... | |
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