Elements of Criticism. Henry Home, Lord Kames

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Modifications of these Qualities,

       Chap. 9. Uniformity and Variety,

       Appendix. Concerning the Works of Nature, chiefly with respect to Uniformity and Variety,

       Chap. 10. Congruity and Propriety,

       Chap. 11. Dignity and Grace,

       Chap. 12. Ridicule,

       Chap. 13. Wit,

       Chap. 14. Custom and Habit,

       Chap. 15. External Signs of Emotions and Passions,

       Chap. 16. Sentiments,

       Chap. 17. Language of Passion,

      VOLUME II

       Chap. 18. Beauty of Language,

       Sect. 1. Beauty of Language with respect to Sound,

       Sect. 2. Beauty of Language with respect to Signification,

       Sect. 3. Beauty of Language from a resemblance between Sound and Signification,

       Sect. 4. Versification,

       Chap. 19. Comparisons,<xvi>

       Chap. 20. Figures,

       Sect. 1. Personification,

       Sect. 2. Apostrophe,

       Sect. 3. Hyperbole,

       Sect. 4. The Means or Instrument conceived to be the agent,

       Sect. 5. A figure which, among related Objects, extends the Properties of one to another,

       Sect. 6. Metaphor and Allegory,

       Sect. 7. Figure of Speech,

       Table 1. Subjects expressed figuratively,

       Table 2. Attributes expressed figuratively,

       Chap. 21. Narration and Description,

       Chap. 22. Epic and Dramatic Compositions,

       Chap. 23. The Three Unities,

       Chap. 24. Gardening and Architecture,

       Chap. 25. Standard of Taste,

       Appendix. Terms defined or explained,

      That nothing external is perceived till first it make an impression upon the organ of sense, is an observation that holds equally in every one of the external senses. But there is a difference as to our knowledge of that impression: in touching, tasting, and smelling, we are sensible of the impression;1 that, for example, which is made upon the hand by a stone, upon the palate by an apricot, and upon the nostrils by a rose: it is otherwise in seeing and hearing; for I am not sensible of the impression made upon my eye, when I behold a tree; nor of the impression made upon my ear, when I listen to a song.* That difference in the manner of perceiving

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