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Page 82
... less power . But if a paffion be raised by the principal object , the secondary emotion may readily fwell into a paffion for the acceffory , provi- ded the acceffory be a proper object for de- fire . And thus it happens that one paffion ...
... less power . But if a paffion be raised by the principal object , the secondary emotion may readily fwell into a paffion for the acceffory , provi- ded the acceffory be a proper object for de- fire . And thus it happens that one paffion ...
Page 250
... less accu- rate and lefs agreeable . Neither will it be maintained , that the proportions affigned for the length breadth and height of rooms , tend to make them the more commodious . It appears then , fo far as we can discover , that ...
... less accu- rate and lefs agreeable . Neither will it be maintained , that the proportions affigned for the length breadth and height of rooms , tend to make them the more commodious . It appears then , fo far as we can discover , that ...
Page 90
... less remarkable in perfons devoted to re- ligious exercises , who pafs whole days in contemplation , and impose upon themselves long and severe penances . It is not to be conceived , what length a habit of activity in affairs will carry ...
... less remarkable in perfons devoted to re- ligious exercises , who pafs whole days in contemplation , and impose upon themselves long and severe penances . It is not to be conceived , what length a habit of activity in affairs will carry ...
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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