Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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... remarkable by their inherent properties than by their various re- lations . We cannot any where extend our view without perceiving things connected together by certain relations . One thing perceived to be a caufe , is connected with ...
... remarkable by their inherent properties than by their various re- lations . We cannot any where extend our view without perceiving things connected together by certain relations . One thing perceived to be a caufe , is connected with ...
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... remarkable , as well as in the defcription of the prodigies that ac- companied the death of Cæfar , with which the fame book is concluded . A digreffion upon the praises of Italy in the fecond book † , is not more happily introduced ...
... remarkable , as well as in the defcription of the prodigies that ac- companied the death of Cæfar , with which the fame book is concluded . A digreffion upon the praises of Italy in the fecond book † , is not more happily introduced ...
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... remarkable in other paf- fions that are in no view focial . Ambition , for ex- ample , when confined to exaltation as its ultimate end , is neither focial nor felfish . Let exaltation be confidered as a means to make me happy , and the ...
... remarkable in other paf- fions that are in no view focial . Ambition , for ex- ample , when confined to exaltation as its ultimate end , is neither focial nor felfish . Let exaltation be confidered as a means to make me happy , and the ...
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... remarkable difference among defires directed upon beings inanimate , animate and rational . The emotion caufed by a rational being , is out of measure ftronger than any caused by an animal without reafon ; and an emotion raised by fuch ...
... remarkable difference among defires directed upon beings inanimate , animate and rational . The emotion caufed by a rational being , is out of measure ftronger than any caused by an animal without reafon ; and an emotion raised by fuch ...
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... remarkable influence in regulating the train of our ideas . I here add , that they have an influ- ence not lefs remarkable , in generating emotions and paffions . Beginning with the former , it holds in fact , that an agreeable object ...
... remarkable influence in regulating the train of our ideas . I here add , that they have an influ- ence not lefs remarkable , in generating emotions and paffions . Beginning with the former , it holds in fact , that an agreeable object ...
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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