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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1767. Excerpt: ... PART IV. Os the Effect of Utility upon the sentiment of approbation. Consisting of one Section. CHAP. I, Of the beauty which the appearance of Jr Ility bestows upon all the productions of art, and of the extenjhe influence of this species of beauty. THAT utility Is one of the principal sources of beauty has been observed by every body, who has considered with any attention what constitutes the nature of beauty. The conveniency of a house gives pleasure to the spectator as well as its regularity, and he is as much hurt when he observes the contrary defect, as when he fees the correspondent windows of different forms, or the door not placed exactly in the middle of the building. That the fitness of any system or machine to produce the end for which it was intended, bestows a certain propriety and beauty upon the whole, and renders the very S 4 thought thought and contemplation of it agreeable, is so very obvious that nobody has overlooked it. / The cause too, why utility pleases, has of late been assigned by an ingenious and agreeable philosopher, who joins the greatest depth of thought to the greatest elegance of expreflion, and possesses the singular and happy talent of treating the abstrusest subjects not only with the most perfect perspicuity, but with the most lively eloquence. The utility of any object, according to him, pleases the master by perpetually suggesting to him the pleasure or conveniency which it is fitted to promote. Every time he looks at it, he is put in mind of this pleasure; and the object in this manner becomes a source of perpetual satisfaction and enjoyment. The spectator enters by sympathy into the sentiments of the master, and necessarily views the object under the fame agreeable aspect. When we visit the palaces of the great, we cannot help conceiving the ...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1828. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ...

THIS IS A DICTIONARY OF 720 PRACTICAL, EVERYDAY WORDS - (ADJECTIVES, VERBS AND NOUNS.) I HAVE INCLUDED MY NOVELLA "GRABBING THE CORD" TO SHOW THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A UNIVERSITY DEGREE TO ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE.

THIS IS A DICTIONARY OF 720 PRACTICAL, EVERYDAY WORDS - (ADJECTIVES, VERBS AND NOUNS.) I HAVE INCLUDED MY NOVELLA "GRABBING THE CORD" TO SHOW THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A UNIVERSITY DEGREE TO ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE.

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The Wonders of the Invisible World - Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately - Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account - of the Tryals of the New-England Witches is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Cotton Mather is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Cotton Mather then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

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