"A multitude of objects crowding into the mind at once, disturb the attention, and pass without making any impression, or any lasting impression."
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]