"After a fit of merryment, we are, it is true, the less disposed to the serious and sublime: but then, a ludicrous scene, by unbending the mind from severe application to more interesting subjects, may prevent fatigue, and preserve our relish entire."
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]