Essays on Various Subjects
by Hannah More
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781443210836
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Excerpt: ...they are not able philo ophically to analy e the ources of their joy or orrow. If the others have the advantage of judging, the e have at lea t the privilege of feeling: and it is not from complai ance to a few leading judges, that they bur t into peals of laughter, or melt into delightful agony; their hearts decide, and that is a deci ion from which there lies no appeal. It mu t however be confe ed, that the nicer eparations of character, and the lighter and almo t imperceptible hades which ometimes di tingui h them, will not be intimately reli hed, unle s there be a con onancy of ta te as well as feeling in the pectator; though where the p 203 pa ions are principally concerned, the profane vulgar come in for a larger portion of the univer al delight, than critics and connoi eurs are willing to allow them. Yet enthu ia m, though the natural concomitant of genius, is no more genius it elf, than drunkenne s is cheerfulne s; and that enthu ia m which di covers it elf on occa ions not worthy to excite it, is the mark of a wretched judgment and a fal e ta te. Nature produces innumerable objects: to imitate them, is the province of Genius; to direct tho e imitations, is the property of Judgment; to decide on their effects, is the bu ine s of Ta te. For Ta te, who its as upreme judge on the productions of Genius, is not ati fied when he merely imitates Na p 204 ture: he mu t al o, ays an ingenious French writer, imitate beautiful Nature. It requires no le s judgment to reject than to choo e, and Genius might imitate what is vulgar, under pretence that it was natural, if Ta te did not carefully point out tho e objects which are mo t proper for...
| ISBN-13 | 9781443210836 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1443210838 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 110 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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