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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... become a laudable entertainment . They are not , how- ever , fet on a level with the purely intellectual ; being no lefs inferior in dignity to intellectual , pleasures , * After the utmost efforts , we find it beyond our power to con ...
... become a laudable entertainment . They are not , how- ever , fet on a level with the purely intellectual ; being no lefs inferior in dignity to intellectual , pleasures , * After the utmost efforts , we find it beyond our power to con ...
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... becomes painful by overftraining the mind ceffation from fuch exercife gives not inftant relief ; it is neceffary that the void be filled with fome amufement , gently relaxing the fpirits : organic pleasure , which hath no relifh but ...
... becomes painful by overftraining the mind ceffation from fuch exercife gives not inftant relief ; it is neceffary that the void be filled with fome amufement , gently relaxing the fpirits : organic pleasure , which hath no relifh but ...
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... become a rational fcience ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refine- ment . Manifold are the advantages of criticifm , when thus ftudied as a rational feience . In the first place , a thorough acquaintance with ...
... become a rational fcience ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refine- ment . Manifold are the advantages of criticifm , when thus ftudied as a rational feience . In the first place , a thorough acquaintance with ...
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... becomes a fubject of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections : among thefe a choice . is afforded ; we can infift upon one , rejecting others ; and fometimes we infift on what is commonly held the flighter connection ...
... becomes a fubject of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections : among thefe a choice . is afforded ; we can infift upon one , rejecting others ; and fometimes we infift on what is commonly held the flighter connection ...
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... become fufficiently strong to occafion defire , it lofes its name of emotion , and ac- quires that of paffion . The fame holds in all the other paffions : the painful feeling raised in a spectator by a flight injury done to a ftranger ...
... become fufficiently strong to occafion defire , it lofes its name of emotion , and ac- quires that of paffion . The fame holds in all the other paffions : the painful feeling raised in a spectator by a flight injury done to a ftranger ...
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