Encyclopædia Britannica, or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1797, Vol. 14

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Excerpt from Encyclopædia Britannica, or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1797, Vol. 14: Constructed on a Plan, by Which the Different Sciences and Arts Are Digested Into the Form of Distinct Treatises or Systems, Comprehending the History, Theory, and Practice of Each, According to the Latest Discoveries and Improvements With refpeét to the number of paffions of which the mind is fufceptible, different opinions have been held by different authors. Le Brun, a French writer 'ou painting, juilly confidering the expyeflion of the peri fions as a very.important as well as difficult branch of his art, has enumerated no fewer than twenty, of whichfithe figns may be expreffed by the pencilvon canvafs. That there are fo many different fiates of mind producing different effects which are vifible on the features and the geflures, and that thofe features and geflures ought to be diligentlyefludied by the artilt, are truths which cannot be denied but it is abfurd to confider all thefe different fiates of mind as pqfiom, fince tranquillity is one of them, which is the reverfe of paflion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.