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Page 57
... reason and per- reflection bear no part . The action is formed blindly by the impulfe of paffion , without any view . Thus one in extreme hunger fnatches at food , without the slightest reflection whether it be falutary or not : Avarice ...
... reason and per- reflection bear no part . The action is formed blindly by the impulfe of paffion , without any view . Thus one in extreme hunger fnatches at food , without the slightest reflection whether it be falutary or not : Avarice ...
Page 96
... reason and re- flection . Nature hath acted here with her ufual precaution and forefight . Fear and anger are paffions common to all men ; and by operating inftinctively , they fre- quently afford fecurity when the flower o- perations ...
... reason and re- flection . Nature hath acted here with her ufual precaution and forefight . Fear and anger are paffions common to all men ; and by operating inftinctively , they fre- quently afford fecurity when the flower o- perations ...
Page 118
... reason , read- ing and still more acting have greatly the advantage , by the opportunity of reiterating impreffions without end . Upon the whole , it is by means of ideal prefence that our paffions are excited ; and till words produce ...
... reason , read- ing and still more acting have greatly the advantage , by the opportunity of reiterating impreffions without end . Upon the whole , it is by means of ideal prefence that our paffions are excited ; and till words produce ...
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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