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... capable of pleasant and unpleasant states of tempera- ture , pleasant and unpleasant flavours , odours , and sounds , but not pleasant or unpleasant colours , but only indifferent ones - sensations which are neither attractive nor unat ...
... capable of pleasant and unpleasant states of tempera- ture , pleasant and unpleasant flavours , odours , and sounds , but not pleasant or unpleasant colours , but only indifferent ones - sensations which are neither attractive nor unat ...
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... follows that because children like sugar more than salt they therefore receive a stronger sensation from it . In fact , all our unpleasant sensations are more pun- gent , or at least capable of greater intensity , 16 THE SCIENCE OF BEAUTY .
... follows that because children like sugar more than salt they therefore receive a stronger sensation from it . In fact , all our unpleasant sensations are more pun- gent , or at least capable of greater intensity , 16 THE SCIENCE OF BEAUTY .
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... capable of causing . So it is also with flavours ; for what child continues when grown up to like sugar as much as when it first tasted it ? But as there are some flavours of a medium kind , as those of tea , bread , meat , & c ...
... capable of causing . So it is also with flavours ; for what child continues when grown up to like sugar as much as when it first tasted it ? But as there are some flavours of a medium kind , as those of tea , bread , meat , & c ...
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... capable of a variety of very singular experiments of this kind with regard to light and colour . Similarly , motion in one direction being set up in the retina , the nerves become more sensitive to motion in the contrary direction - i.e ...
... capable of a variety of very singular experiments of this kind with regard to light and colour . Similarly , motion in one direction being set up in the retina , the nerves become more sensitive to motion in the contrary direction - i.e ...
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... capable , viz . , the emotional ; let us turn from organic to inorganic , from corporeal to spiritual affections . Every sensation influences us in some degree , either greater or less , and by so doing calls up an emotion of a greater ...
... capable , viz . , the emotional ; let us turn from organic to inorganic , from corporeal to spiritual affections . Every sensation influences us in some degree , either greater or less , and by so doing calls up an emotion of a greater ...
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The Science of Beauty: An Analytical Inquiry Into the Laws of Æsthetics Avary H. Forbes Affichage du livre entier - 1881 |
The Science of Beauty: An Analytical Inquiry Into the Laws of Aesthetics Avary William Holmes- Forbes Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
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æsthetic analogies appear associations Author beauty birds called capable cause Chinese cloth College colour contempt countenance Crown 8vo Demy 8vo DICTIONARY disgust emotion of admiration English Essay F. W. Newman fact Falstaff Fcap feeling flowers George Henry Lewes German GRAMMAR human Illustrations India innate power intellect inutility inverse J. G. Fichte Joseph Edkins LANGUAGE less light LL.D look matter Max Müller mean mind moral motion nature never Notes object odour ornament ourselves Percy Greg persons phenomena physiognomy Plates pleasant poem poet poetic poetry Post 8vo Post free principle Professor Published by Trübner qualities Ralph T. H. Griffith recognise RELIGION retina Royal 8vo Sanskrit Second Edition sensations sewed shape Songs star sublime suggested power things thou thought tion Translated ugly unpleasant utility vibrations viii Vocabulary W. R. Greg words
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