AN ANALYTICAL INQUIRY INTO THE PRINCIPLES OF TASTE. BY RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT. THE SECOND EDITION. Quid placet aut odio est, quod non mutabile credas? London: Printed by Luke Hansard, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, PORT. PAYNE, MEWS-GATE; AND J. WHITE, FLEET-STREET. 1805. ADVERTISEMENT то THE SECOND EDITION. THE additional arguments against Mr. Burke's theories and Mr. Price's illustrations of them, which will be found in this Edition, have been introduced in consequence of the latter's having signified his intention of refuting generally what I had before advanced in opposition to both. Whether this confidence proceed from an adequate estimate of his own forces, or an inadequate estimate of mine, such an adversary is not to be encountered but on the broadest system of defence, which must necessarily include measures of offence; and, whatever be the issue of the contest, I shall at least have the satisfaction, by provoking him to write more, of being the means of throwing more light upon the subject: for, be his philosophy ever so erroneous, or his reasoning ever so misapplied, his practical good taste, and abi |