In some men only the feeble glimmerings of Taste appear; the beauties which they relish are of the coarsest kind; and of these they have but a weak and confused impression, while in others, Taste rises to an acute discernment, and a lively enjoyment of the most refined beauties.
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Original Citation
Blair, Hugo. "Lecture II: Taste." Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. 1787, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Blair, Hugo. "Lecture II: Taste." Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. SIU Press, 2005.
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