Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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... circumstance . Among objects of equal rank , the pleasure is propor- tioned * A train of perceptions or ideas , with refpect to its uniformity and variety , is handled afterward , chap . 9 . tioned to the degree of connection ; but ...
... circumstance . Among objects of equal rank , the pleasure is propor- tioned * A train of perceptions or ideas , with refpect to its uniformity and variety , is handled afterward , chap . 9 . tioned to the degree of connection ; but ...
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... circumstances now mentioned , if they cause or occafion a paflion , cannot be entirely indiffe- rent : if they were , they could not move us in any degree . And we find upon examination , that they are not indifferent . Looking back ...
... circumstances now mentioned , if they cause or occafion a paflion , cannot be entirely indiffe- rent : if they were , they could not move us in any degree . And we find upon examination , that they are not indifferent . Looking back ...
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... circumstance in the bulk of human actions , it requires reflection to discover their true charac- ter . If I fee one delivering a purse of money to another , I can make nothing of this action , till I difcover with what intention the ...
... circumstance in the bulk of human actions , it requires reflection to discover their true charac- ter . If I fee one delivering a purse of money to another , I can make nothing of this action , till I difcover with what intention the ...
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... circumstances , had roufed Othello's jealoufy ; which , however , appeared too flightly founded to be vented upon Defdemona , its proper object . The perturbation and diftrefs of mind thereby occafion- ed , produced a momentary ...
... circumstances , had roufed Othello's jealoufy ; which , however , appeared too flightly founded to be vented upon Defdemona , its proper object . The perturbation and diftrefs of mind thereby occafion- ed , produced a momentary ...
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... circumstances are feldom fo unlucky as to put it in the power of a paffionate man to do much harm in an inftant . T SECT . VI . Emotions caufed by fiction . HE attentive reader will obferve , that in ac- counting for paffions and ...
... circumstances are feldom fo unlucky as to put it in the power of a paffionate man to do much harm in an inftant . T SECT . VI . Emotions caufed by fiction . HE attentive reader will obferve , that in ac- counting for paffions and ...
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action againſt agreeable alfo appears arifing arts beauty becauſe betwixt Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe chap cife circumftance colour confiderable connected courfe cuſtom defcription defire degree difagreeable diftinguiſhed diftrefs dignity diſcover effect elevation emotions and paffions expreffed expreffion external figns faid fame fcarce feeling feems fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhould fight fimilar fingle fingular fion firft firſt focial fome fometimes fpecies fpectator ftill ftrong fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient fure furpriſe fwells grandeur gratification habit happineſs hath himſelf Hudibras human impreffion increaſe inftances itſelf jects lefs means meaſure mind moft moſt motion mufic muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfcure obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffage pain perceptions perfon pleaſant emotion pleaſure prefent produce produceth propriety puniſhment purpoſes raifed raiſed reafon refemblance reflection reliſh ridicule Shakeſpear ſhall ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion uſe variety