And he suggested that certain people were in a position to judge what was in good taste: those who had "delicate sentiment, improved by practice" could decide, "the true standard of taste and beauty".
This explanation is accompanied by closely associated criteria for identifying good critics: "Strong sense, united to delicate sentiment, improved by practice, perfected by comparison, and cleared of all prejudice, can alone entitle critics to this valuable character" (SOT, 278).
"Strong sense, united to delicate sentiment, improved by practice, perfected by comparison, and cleared of all prejudice, can alone entitle critics to this valuable character; and the joint verdict of such, wherever they are to found, is the true standard of taste and beauty" ("Of the Standard of Taste" 1757, 144).
Marine officials were also attempting to identify the person who shot the video, which emerged early Thursday and has incited a wave of anti-American sentiment at a delicate moment in the decade-long war in Afghanistan.
Some flag-draped patriots appeared to be on the government's payroll; others, such as a political blogger, Nguyen Huu Vinh, temporarily put their domestic grievances on hold in the name of national unity.Popular anti-China sentiment will be a delicate issue for the Vietnamese government.
Kuchma's rhetoric and political posturing provided a delicate balance between Ukrainian nationalism and pro-Russian sentiment.
Being France's president today is a delicate, difficult job that lasts 7 years, demands political wisdom, apolitical sentiments, and intelligent devotion to the country at large, offers no satisfactory power and pays poorly.
THUS, supporters of the Federal Reserve legislation faced a delicate problem: how to fashion a centralizing agency and not run afoul of the strong popular sentiment against centralization.
Envy of a friend, the sentiment infamously known as "frenvy," can take either form -- malicious or benign -- which makes it a delicate test of your affection, says Julie Exline, Ph.D., a psychologist at Case Western Reserve University.
Theirs is a delicate task.
