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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... instance : the defire generated by an object of duty , being commonly moderate , moves us to act calmly , without any violent impulfe ; but if the mind happen to be inflamed with the importance of the ob- ject , in that cafe defire of ...
... instance : the defire generated by an object of duty , being commonly moderate , moves us to act calmly , without any violent impulfe ; but if the mind happen to be inflamed with the importance of the ob- ject , in that cafe defire of ...
Page 74
... instance , to reason and reflection : it was given us to prevent or to repel inju- ries ; and , like fear , it often operates blindly and inftinct- ively , without the leaft view to confequences : the very firft apprehenfion of harm ...
... instance , to reason and reflection : it was given us to prevent or to repel inju- ries ; and , like fear , it often operates blindly and inftinct- ively , without the leaft view to confequences : the very firft apprehenfion of harm ...
Page 94
... instance : one tends to render us fav- age and cruel , which is the cafe of revenge . I value myself upon sympathy : I hate and despise myself for envy . Social affections have an advantage over the selfish , not only with refpect to ...
... instance : one tends to render us fav- age and cruel , which is the cafe of revenge . I value myself upon sympathy : I hate and despise myself for envy . Social affections have an advantage over the selfish , not only with refpect to ...
Page 139
... instances a computation is made , directly oppofite to that made during the journey . And this , by the way , ferves to account for what may appear fingular , that , in a barren country , a computed mile is always longer , than near the ...
... instances a computation is made , directly oppofite to that made during the journey . And this , by the way , ferves to account for what may appear fingular , that , in a barren country , a computed mile is always longer , than near the ...
Page 201
... instances here given , is in- deed admirable . Motion is agreeable in all its varieties of quickness and flownefs ; but motion long continued admits fome exceptions . That degree of continued motion which correfponds to the natural ...
... instances here given , is in- deed admirable . Motion is agreeable in all its varieties of quickness and flownefs ; but motion long continued admits fome exceptions . That degree of continued motion which correfponds to the natural ...
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