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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... most gen- eral - Paffion confidered as productive of 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 ...
... most gen- eral - Paffion confidered as productive of 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 ...
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... most fatisfactory experi- ments . Were it not that the delufion is detected by philofophy , no perfon would hefitate to pronounce , that the pleafure arifing from touching a fmooth , foft , and velvet furface , has its exiftence at the ...
... most fatisfactory experi- ments . Were it not that the delufion is detected by philofophy , no perfon would hefitate to pronounce , that the pleafure arifing from touching a fmooth , foft , and velvet furface , has its exiftence at the ...
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... most important ; which is , that it is a great fupport to morality . I infift on it with entire fatisfaction , that no occupation attaches a man more to his duty , than that of cultivat- ing a tafte in the fine arts : a juft relifh of ...
... most important ; which is , that it is a great fupport to morality . I infift on it with entire fatisfaction , that no occupation attaches a man more to his duty , than that of cultivat- ing a tafte in the fine arts : a juft relifh of ...
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... most com- plete work of that author , the parts are ill connected , and the tranfitions far from being fweet and easy . In the first book he deviates from his fubject to give a defcription of the five zones : the want of connection ...
... most com- plete work of that author , the parts are ill connected , and the tranfitions far from being fweet and easy . In the first book he deviates from his fubject to give a defcription of the five zones : the want of connection ...
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... 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 reader lofes his ...
... 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 reader lofes his ...
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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