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Page 361
... fenfible , that the one appears lefs , the other larger , than they did formerly . This new circumstance is a fecond cause of surprise , Z z VOL . I. and and augments it fo as to make us imagine a Ch . VIII . AND CONTRAST . 361.
... fenfible , that the one appears lefs , the other larger , than they did formerly . This new circumstance is a fecond cause of surprise , Z z VOL . I. and and augments it fo as to make us imagine a Ch . VIII . AND CONTRAST . 361.
Page 362
... surprise to find it less than judged to be formerly , will draw the whole attention of the mind upon it ; and this surprise will be gratified , by conceiving it to be of the most diminutive fize poffible . The mastiff in the mean time ...
... surprise to find it less than judged to be formerly , will draw the whole attention of the mind upon it ; and this surprise will be gratified , by conceiving it to be of the most diminutive fize poffible . The mastiff in the mean time ...
Page 68
... surprise to deceive the mind , but of itself is able to produce that effect . Of this we fee many inftances where there is no place for furprife . The first instance I shall give is of resemblance . Unumquodque eodem modo diffolvitur ...
... surprise to deceive the mind , but of itself is able to produce that effect . Of this we fee many inftances where there is no place for furprife . The first instance I shall give is of resemblance . Unumquodque eodem modo diffolvitur ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appears arts beauty becauſe betwixt Cæfar cafe caſe caufe cauſe circumſtances confideration confidered connection contraft courſe criticiſm defire deſcribed deſcription diftrefs diſagreeable diſcover diſtinct diſtinguiſhed diſtreſs effect emotion raiſed emotions and paffions exerciſe exiſtence faid fame feeling fenfe fenfible fhall fight fimilar fingle fingular fion firſt focial fome fometimes ftill fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient furpriſe grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf hiſtory Iago ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances itſelf ject juſt lefs leſs meaſure ment mind moſt motion mufic muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffing painful emotion perceive perceptions perfon pleaſant emotion pleaſant or painful pleaſure preſent produce produceth propenfity puniſh purpoſes qualities reaſon reflection reliſh remarkable reſemblance reſpect ſame ſcarce ſcience ſelfiſh ſenſe ſeparately ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſtill ſtrong ſuch taſte theſe thing thoſe tion uſe