...by a fine talle in writing, and mewn the propriety of the metaphor which is ufed on this occaiion, I think I may define it to be ' that faculty ' of the foul, which difcerns the beau' ties of an author with pleafure, and ' the imperfenioni with diflikc.'...

...having thus far explained what is generally meant by a fine taste in writing, and shewn the propriety of the metaphor which is used on this occasion, I...soul, 'which discerns the beauties of an author with plea' sure, and the imperfections with dislike.' If a man would know whether he is possessed of this...

...propose to treat of it in its intellectual construction only, and in this sense Mr. Addison defines it to be that faculty of the soul, which discerns...with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike. This definition may very properly apply to the faculty wh'ch we exercise in judging and deciding upon...

...it to be that faculty of the soul ivbicb diseerns the beauties of an author ivitb pleasure, aTui tbi imperfections with dislike. If a man would know whether he is possessed of this faculty, I would haw him read over the celebrated works of antiquity, which have stood the test of so many different...

...writing, and shown the propriety of the metaphor which is used on this oc en •VOL. xii. M •ion, I think I may define it to be ' that faculty of the...would know whether he is possessed of this faculty, 1 would have him read over the celebrated works of antiquity, which have stood the test of so many...

...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...

...omission of the 410th., ending with the 42lst. In the first and preparatory Paper, he defines Taste, " that faculty of the soul, which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and his imperfections with dislike." He then proceeds to consider at large the Pleasures of Imagination...

...having thus far explained what is generally meant by a fine taste in writing, and shewn the propriety of the metaphor which is used on this occasion, I think I may define it to be c that faculty of the soul, which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure and the imperfections...

...propose to treat of it in its intellectual construction only, and in this sense Mr. Addison defines it to be that faculty of the soul, which discerns...with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike. This definition may very properly apply to the faculty which we exercise in judging and deciding npon...

...propose to treat of it in its intellectual construction only, and in this sense Mr. Addison defines it to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the...with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike. Agreeably to this, we may observe in all literary and enlightened nations, their earliest authors and...