"Downward motion being natural and without effort, tends rather to quiet the mind than to rouse it. Upward motion, on the contrary, overcoming the resistance of gravity, makes an impression of a great effort, and thereby rouses and enlivens the mind."
Elements of Criticism
11 entries in ESTC (1762, 1763, 1765, 1769, 1772, 1774, 1785, 1788, 1795, 1796).<br>
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See <u>Elements of Criticism</u>, 3 vols. (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T32597">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004801739.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004801739.0001.003">Vol. II</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004801739.0001.002">Vol. III</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading <u>Elements of Criticism</u>, ed. Peter Jones, 2 vols. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). [Text based on 6th edition of 1785]