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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Page 107
... opposite to what are above defcribed . Diffimilar coexiftent emotions , as faid above , never fail to diftrefs the mind by the difference of their tones ; from which fituation a feeling of harmony never can proceed ; * Chap . 18. fe & t ...
... opposite to what are above defcribed . Diffimilar coexiftent emotions , as faid above , never fail to diftrefs the mind by the difference of their tones ; from which fituation a feeling of harmony never can proceed ; * Chap . 18. fe & t ...
Page 251
... opposite reasons , are both of them painful . To alter , by an act of will , that degree of variety which nature requires , is not lefs painful , than to al- ter that degree of velocity which it requires . Con- templation , when the ...
... opposite reasons , are both of them painful . To alter , by an act of will , that degree of variety which nature requires , is not lefs painful , than to al- ter that degree of velocity which it requires . Con- templation , when the ...
Page 323
... opposite , as are the pains of excess and of want . The appetites that refpect the preservation and propagation of our fpecies , are attended with a pain . of want fimilar to that occafioned by habit : hunger and thirst are uneafy ...
... opposite , as are the pains of excess and of want . The appetites that refpect the preservation and propagation of our fpecies , are attended with a pain . of want fimilar to that occafioned by habit : hunger and thirst are uneafy ...
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