 I have here offered, than that music, architecture, and painting, as well as poetry and oratory, are to deduce their laws and rules from the general sense and taste of mankind, and not from the principles of those arts themselves; or, in other words,...  The Quarterly Review - Page 4731876Full view - About this book
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...polite. I (hall add no more to what I have here offered, than that mufic, architecture, and painting, as well as poetry and oratory, are to deduce their laws and rules from the general fenfe and taitc of mankind, ana not from the principles of thofe arts themfelves ; or in other words,... | |
 | 1789 - 508 pages
...tafte of mankind, and not from the principles of thofe arts themfelves ; or in other words, the tafte is not to conform to the art, but the art to the tafte. Mufic is not defigned to pleafe only chromatic ears, but all that are capable of diftinguiming... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 pages
...polite. I shall add no more to what I have here offered, than that music, architecture, and painting, as well as poetry and oratory, are to deduce their laws and tales from the general sense and taste of mankind, and not from the principles of those arts themselves... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 394 pages
...polite. I shall add no more to what I have here offered, than that music, architecture, and painting, as well as poetry and oratory, are to deduce their laws and • Concert. rules from the general sense and taste of mankind, and not from the principles of those... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 590 pages
...have here offered, than that mu" sic, architecture, and painting, as well as poetry aiul orator)-, are " to deduce their laws and rules from the general...taste of " mankind, and not from the principles of these arts themselves; or, " in other words, that the taste is not to conform to the art, but the "art... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1812 - 442 pages
...remembered, " That music, architec" ture, and painting, as well as poetry and oratory are to de" duce their laws and rules from the general sense and taste of ** mankind, and not from the principles of these arts themselves : " in other words, that the taste is not to conform to the art, but « the art... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1812 - 444 pages
...remembered, " That music, architec" tore, and painting, as well as poetry and oratory are to de" duce their laws and rules from the general sense and taste of " mankind, and not from the principles of these arts themselves : " in other words, that the taste is not to conform to the art, but " the art... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1816 - 644 pages
...have here offered, than that " music, architecture, and painting, as well as poetry and ora" tory, are to deduce their laws and rules from the general...and taste of mankind, and not from the principles of these arts •' themselves ; or, in other words, the Taste is not to conform to •' the Art, but the... | |
 | 1839 - 870 pages
...an unintelligible and powerless congregation of sounds. " Music," says Addison, " is to deduce its laws and rules from the general sense and taste of mankind, and not from the principles of the art itself ; or, in other words, the taste is not to conform to the art, but the art to the taste.... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...polite. I shall add no more to what I have here offered, than that music, architecture, and painting, as well as poetry and oratory, are to deduce their...those arts themselves ; or, in other words, the taste i£ not to conform to the art, but the art to the taste. Music is not designed to please only chromatic... | |
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