In general the languages of most unpolished people have a great force and energy of expression; and this is but natural. Uncultivated people are but ordinary observers of things, and not critical in distinguishing them; but, for that reason, they admire more, and are more affected with what they see, and therefore express themselves in a warmer and more passionate manner.

A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (ed. 1767)