Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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... strong as to prompt defire of affording relief , it is a paffion , and is termed pity . Envy is emulation in excefs . If the exaltation of a competitor be barely disa- greeable , the painful feeling is reckoned an emc- tion . If it ...
... strong as to prompt defire of affording relief , it is a paffion , and is termed pity . Envy is emulation in excefs . If the exaltation of a competitor be barely disa- greeable , the painful feeling is reckoned an emc- tion . If it ...
Page 44
... strong an- tidote fo long as any impreffion remains of the wick- ed action . A In a rough road , a halt to view a fine country 13 refreshing ; and here a delightful profpect opens up- on us . It is indeed wonderful to fee what incite ...
... strong an- tidote fo long as any impreffion remains of the wick- ed action . A In a rough road , a halt to view a fine country 13 refreshing ; and here a delightful profpect opens up- on us . It is indeed wonderful to fee what incite ...
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... strong than traitors ' arms , Quite vanquifh'd him ; then burft his mighty heart ; And , in his mantle muffling up his face , Which all the while ran blood , great Cæfar fell , Even at the base of Pompey's ftatue . what a fall was there ...
... strong than traitors ' arms , Quite vanquifh'd him ; then burft his mighty heart ; And , in his mantle muffling up his face , Which all the while ran blood , great Cæfar fell , Even at the base of Pompey's ftatue . what a fall was there ...
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... strong- ly against imaginary beings , than against improba- ble facts . Fictions of this nature may amufe by their novelty and fingularity : but they never move the fympathetic paffions , because they cannot im- pofe on the mind any ...
... strong- ly against imaginary beings , than against improba- ble facts . Fictions of this nature may amufe by their novelty and fingularity : but they never move the fympathetic paffions , because they cannot im- pofe on the mind any ...
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... strong tendency in our nature . to justify our paffions as well as our actions , not to others only , but even to ourselves . This tendency is extremely remarkable with refpe & t to difagreea- ble paffions . By its influence , objects ...
... strong tendency in our nature . to justify our paffions as well as our actions , not to others only , but even to ourselves . This tendency is extremely remarkable with refpe & t to difagreea- ble paffions . By its influence , objects ...
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