...shown the propriety of the metaphor which is used on this occaVOL. XII. M sion, I think I may define it to be ' that faculty of the soul, which discerns...with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.' If a man would know whether he is possessed of this faculty, I would have him read over the celebrated...

...propriety of the metaphor which is used on this occaTOL. XII. M sion, I think 1 may define it to be '4hat faculty of the soul, which discerns the beauties of...with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.' If a man would know whether he is possessed of this faculty, I would have him read over the celebrated...

...writing, and shewn the propriety of the metaphor which is used on this occasion, I think I may define it to be ' that faculty of the soul, which discerns...with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.' If a man would know whether he is possessed of this faculty, I would have him read over the celebrated...

...writing, and shewn the propriety of the metaphor which is used on this occasion, I think I may define it to be ' that faculty of the soul, 'which discerns...with plea'sure, and the imperfections with dislike.' If a man would know whether he is possessed of this faculty, I would have him read over the celebrated...

...definition, which I before observed, applies only to an acquired taste : He had the ' faculty of discerning the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike : He had also the faculty of imitating what he discerned; so that I cannot verify what I have advanced...

...writing, and shewn the propriety of the metaphor which is used on this occasion, I think I may define it to be that faculty of the soul, which discerns...with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike. If a man would know whether he is possessed of this faculty, I would have him read over the celebrated...

...writing, and shewn the propriety of the metaphor which is used on this occasion, I think I may define it to be that faculty of the soul, which discerns...with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike. If a man would know whether he is possessed of this faculty, I would have him read over the celebrated...

...considered either as sensitive or mental ; and under each of these denominations is sometimes spoken of as natural, sometimes as acquired ; I propose to...faculty exercised by those who produced those works ? Mow does it serve to develope the taste of an author, the taste of a painter or a statuary ? And...

...acquired ; I propose to treat of it in its intellectual construction only, and in this sense Mr. Addisou defines it to be that faculty of the soul, which discerns the beauties of an anthor with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike. This definition may very properly apply to...

...definition, which I before observed applies only to an acquired taste : He had the ' faculty of discerning the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike : He had also the faculty of imitating what he discerned; so that I cannot verify what I have advanced...