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Page 115
... equally the reflection that the perfons de- scribed are no longer exifting . It is prefent distress only that moves my pity . My con- cern vanishes with the distress ; for I can- not pity any person who at present is happy . According ...
... equally the reflection that the perfons de- scribed are no longer exifting . It is prefent distress only that moves my pity . My con- cern vanishes with the distress ; for I can- not pity any person who at present is happy . According ...
Page 148
... equally fudden in their decay . This is commonly the cafe of an- ger ; and with respect to wonder and fur- prife , another reafon concurs , that their causes are of short duration . Novelty foon degenerates into familiarity ; and the un ...
... equally fudden in their decay . This is commonly the cafe of an- ger ; and with respect to wonder and fur- prife , another reafon concurs , that their causes are of short duration . Novelty foon degenerates into familiarity ; and the un ...
Page 302
... equally fenfible , that the emo- tion is merely a flash , which vanisheth in- ftantly , and gives way to the deepest humi- lity and veneration . This indirect effect of fublimity , juftifies Huet on the other hand , who being a man of ...
... equally fenfible , that the emo- tion is merely a flash , which vanisheth in- ftantly , and gives way to the deepest humi- lity and veneration . This indirect effect of fublimity , juftifies Huet on the other hand , who being a man of ...
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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