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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... Action , 2. Power of Sounds to raise Emo- tions and Paffions , -- 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Joy . and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Vir- tue , and its caufe , 5. In many inftances , one Emo- -tion is productive of another.- The ...
... Action , 2. Power of Sounds to raise Emo- tions and Paffions , -- 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Joy . and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Vir- tue , and its caufe , 5. In many inftances , one Emo- -tion is productive of another.- The ...
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... actions of oth- ers he loves to cherifh them , and , to publish them to the world : faults and failings , it is true , are to him no lefs obvious ; but these he avoids , or removes out of fight , because they give him pain . On the ...
... actions of oth- ers he loves to cherifh them , and , to publish them to the world : faults and failings , it is true , are to him no lefs obvious ; but these he avoids , or removes out of fight , because they give him pain . On the ...
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... action wrong or improper mufl be highly difguftful : if , in any infance , the overbearing power of paffion fway him from his duty , he returns to it with redoubled refolution never to be fwayed a fec- ond time : he has now an ...
... action wrong or improper mufl be highly difguftful : if , in any infance , the overbearing power of paffion fway him from his duty , he returns to it with redoubled refolution never to be fwayed a fec- ond time : he has now an ...
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... actions . With re- gard to perceptions , I obferve that , in things of equal rank , fuch as fheep in a fold , or trees in a wood , it must be indifferent in what order they be furveyed . But , in things of unequal rank , our tendency is ...
... actions . With re- gard to perceptions , I obferve that , in things of equal rank , fuch as fheep in a fold , or trees in a wood , it must be indifferent in what order they be furveyed . But , in things of unequal rank , our tendency is ...
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... action in its most interesting period : the poet can find no pretext for an adventure fo extraordinary , but the hero's long- ing to vifit the ghoft of his father recently dead : in the mean time the story is interrupted , and the ...
... action in its most interesting period : the poet can find no pretext for an adventure fo extraordinary , but the hero's long- ing to vifit the ghoft of his father recently dead : in the mean time the story is interrupted , and the ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appear arifing arts beauty becauſe Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe chap circumftances colour confequently confiderable connection courfe defcribing defcription defire degree difagreeable diftrefs diſcover diſtinguiſh effect elevation emotion raiſed emotions and paffions example exift expreffed expreffion external figns faid fame fcarce feeling feems feldom fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhort fhould figure fimilar fingle fingular fion firft firſt focial fome fometimes fpectator ftill fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient furpriſe fwell fympathy grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances itſelf ject juft lefs meaſure mind moft moſt motion mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation occafion oppofite Othello paffage paffing pain perceptions perfon pleafant emotion pleaſant pleaſure prefent produce produceth propenfity puniſhment purpoſes qualities raife reafon refemblance refpect relifh Shakeſpear ſtate tafte taſte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion uſe