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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... Cause and effect , contiguity in time or in place , high and low , prior and pofterior , refemblance , contraft , and a thoufand other relations , connect things together without end . Not a fingle thing appears folitary and altogether ...
... Cause and effect , contiguity in time or in place , high and low , prior and pofterior , refemblance , contraft , and a thoufand other relations , connect things together without end . Not a fingle thing appears folitary and altogether ...
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... cause of others that follow : in fuch a chain there is nothing to bias the mind from the order of nature . Widely different is fcience , when we en- deavour to trace out caufes and their effects : many ex- periments are commonly reduced ...
... cause of others that follow : in fuch a chain there is nothing to bias the mind from the order of nature . Widely different is fcience , when we en- deavour to trace out caufes and their effects : many ex- periments are commonly reduced ...
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... Causes that are the most common and the most general . - Paffion confidered as productive of Action . THESE HESE branches are fo interwoven , that they cannot be handled feparately . It is a fact univerfally ad- mitted , that no emotion ...
... Causes that are the most common and the most general . - Paffion confidered as productive of Action . THESE HESE branches are fo interwoven , that they cannot be handled feparately . It is a fact univerfally ad- mitted , that no emotion ...
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... causes of paffion and emo- tion , leads to a more extenfive view of the subject . Such is our nature , that upon perceiving certain external ob- jects , we are inftantaneously conscious of pleasure or pain : a gently - flowing river , a ...
... causes of paffion and emo- tion , leads to a more extenfive view of the subject . Such is our nature , that upon perceiving certain external ob- jects , we are inftantaneously conscious of pleasure or pain : a gently - flowing river , a ...
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... cause of a paffion is fufficiently explained above : it is that being or thing , which , by raifing defire , con- verts an emotion into a paffion . When we confider a paffion with refpect to its power of prompting action , that fame ...
... cause of a paffion is fufficiently explained above : it is that being or thing , which , by raifing defire , con- verts an emotion into a paffion . When we confider a paffion with refpect to its power of prompting action , that fame ...
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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