Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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... qualities , even in a bofom - friend . How different that difpofition of mind , where every virtue in a companion or neighbour , is , by refinement of tafte , fet in its ftrongest light and defects or blemishes , natural to all , are ...
... qualities , even in a bofom - friend . How different that difpofition of mind , where every virtue in a companion or neighbour , is , by refinement of tafte , fet in its ftrongest light and defects or blemishes , natural to all , are ...
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... qualities or good offices : if I have refentment against a man , it must be for fome injury he has done me , and I cannot pity any one , who is un- der no distress of body or of mind . The circumstances now mentioned , if they cause or ...
... qualities or good offices : if I have refentment against a man , it must be for fome injury he has done me , and I cannot pity any one , who is un- der no distress of body or of mind . The circumstances now mentioned , if they cause or ...
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... qualities are perceived in any perfon , we inftantaneously feel pleafant emotions , without the flightest act of reflection or of attention to confequences . It is almoft unneceffary to add , that certain qualities oppofite to the ...
... qualities are perceived in any perfon , we inftantaneously feel pleafant emotions , without the flightest act of reflection or of attention to confequences . It is almoft unneceffary to add , that certain qualities oppofite to the ...
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... qualities and actions are the primary causes of emotions ; and that these emotions are afterward expanded upon the being to which these qua- lities and actions belong . But I have difcovered that opi- nion to be erroneous . An attribute ...
... qualities and actions are the primary causes of emotions ; and that these emotions are afterward expanded upon the being to which these qua- lities and actions belong . But I have difcovered that opi- nion to be erroneous . An attribute ...
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... qualities . A virtuous action raiseth in every fpectator a pleasant emotion , which is generally attended with a defire to do good to the author of the action . A vicious action on the other hand , produceth a painful emotion and of ...
... qualities . A virtuous action raiseth in every fpectator a pleasant emotion , which is generally attended with a defire to do good to the author of the action . A vicious action on the other hand , produceth a painful emotion and of ...
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