Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I(-II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... surprise inflames our joy , when unexpect edly we meet with an old friend , and our terror when we ftumble upon any thing noxious . To clear that question , the first thing to be remarked is , that in fome * Effays on the Principles of ...
... surprise inflames our joy , when unexpect edly we meet with an old friend , and our terror when we ftumble upon any thing noxious . To clear that question , the first thing to be remarked is , that in fome * Effays on the Principles of ...
Page 211
... surprise , like wonder , fhould have an invariable character ? I am inclined however to think , that surprise has no invariable character , but af fumes that of the object which raifes it . Wonder being an emotion invariably raised by ...
... surprise , like wonder , fhould have an invariable character ? I am inclined however to think , that surprise has no invariable character , but af fumes that of the object which raifes it . Wonder being an emotion invariably raised by ...
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... surprise comes in seasonably to roufe felf - love into action : surprise gives the alarm ; and if there be any appear- ance of danger , our whole force is inftantly fummon- ed up to fhun or to prevent it . VOL . L CHAP . CHAP . VII ...
... surprise comes in seasonably to roufe felf - love into action : surprise gives the alarm ; and if there be any appear- ance of danger , our whole force is inftantly fummon- ed up to fhun or to prevent it . VOL . L CHAP . CHAP . VII ...
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... surprise oc- cafioned by that new circumstance carries us to the other extreme , and makes us conceive the object first mentioned to be a pure white : and thus experience compels us to acknowledge , that our emotions have an influence ...
... surprise oc- cafioned by that new circumstance carries us to the other extreme , and makes us conceive the object first mentioned to be a pure white : and thus experience compels us to acknowledge , that our emotions have an influence ...
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... surprise ; and the first I fhall give is of re- femblance . Unumquodque eodem modo diffolvitur quo colligatum eft , is a maxim in the Roman law that has no foundation in truth ; for tying and loofing , build- ing and demolishing , are ...
... surprise ; and the first I fhall give is of re- femblance . Unumquodque eodem modo diffolvitur quo colligatum eft , is a maxim in the Roman law that has no foundation in truth ; for tying and loofing , build- ing and demolishing , are ...
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