Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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Page 41
... proportion ; but the remaining pain balan- ceth our joy . This mixt feeling , however , hath no long endurance . For the joy that arifeth upon the diminution of pain , foon vanifheth ; and leaveth in the the undisturbed poffeffion ...
... proportion ; but the remaining pain balan- ceth our joy . This mixt feeling , however , hath no long endurance . For the joy that arifeth upon the diminution of pain , foon vanifheth ; and leaveth in the the undisturbed poffeffion ...
Page 50
... proportion to the connection . Nor doth felf - love rest here : it is , by the force of connection , communicated even to things inanimate . And hence the affection a man bears to his property , and to every thing he calls his own ...
... proportion to the connection . Nor doth felf - love rest here : it is , by the force of connection , communicated even to things inanimate . And hence the affection a man bears to his property , and to every thing he calls his own ...
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... proportion , When emotions and paffions are felt thus by in- tervals and have not a continued exiftence , it may be thought a nice problem , to afcertain their iden- tity , and to determine when they are the fame when different . In a ...
... proportion , When emotions and paffions are felt thus by in- tervals and have not a continued exiftence , it may be thought a nice problem , to afcertain their iden- tity , and to determine when they are the fame when different . In a ...
Page 90
... proportion to its incre- ment . In short , man without respects to this life , is a temporary being . He grows , becomes ftatio- nary , decays ; and fo must all his powers and paffions . PART . IV . Coexiftent emotions and paffions . To ...
... proportion to its incre- ment . In short , man without respects to this life , is a temporary being . He grows , becomes ftatio- nary , decays ; and fo must all his powers and paffions . PART . IV . Coexiftent emotions and paffions . To ...
Page 92
... proportion to the degree of their resemblance and the greater or lefs connection of their caufes . The beauty of a landfcape and the finging of birds , produce emotions that are fimilar in a confiderable degree ; and these emoti- ons ...
... proportion to the degree of their resemblance and the greater or lefs connection of their caufes . The beauty of a landfcape and the finging of birds , produce emotions that are fimilar in a confiderable degree ; and these emoti- ons ...
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