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Page 93
... pity , warming and melting the fpectator , prepares him for the recep- tion of other tender affections ; and pity is readily improved into love or friendship , by a certain tenderness and concern for the ob- ject , which is the tone of ...
... pity , warming and melting the fpectator , prepares him for the recep- tion of other tender affections ; and pity is readily improved into love or friendship , by a certain tenderness and concern for the ob- ject , which is the tone of ...
Page 115
... pity . My con- cern vanishes with the distress ; for I can- not pity any person who at present is happy . According to this theory , founded clearly on human nature , a man long dead and in- fenfible now of paft misfortunes , cannot ...
... pity . My con- cern vanishes with the distress ; for I can- not pity any person who at present is happy . According to this theory , founded clearly on human nature , a man long dead and in- fenfible now of paft misfortunes , cannot ...
Page 162
... pity to a high pitch . We indeed blame the man ; and the in- dignation raised by the fault he has com- mitted , is diffimilar to pity . These two paffions however proceeding from different views of the fame object , are forced into a ...
... pity to a high pitch . We indeed blame the man ; and the in- dignation raised by the fault he has com- mitted , is diffimilar to pity . These two paffions however proceeding from different views of the fame object , are forced into a ...
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