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 55
... present happiness . In the cafe of an acute pain , a peculiar circumstance contributes its part : the brisk circulation of the animal spirits occafioned by acute pain , continues after the pain is gone , and pro- duceth a very pleafant ...
... present happiness . In the cafe of an acute pain , a peculiar circumstance contributes its part : the brisk circulation of the animal spirits occafioned by acute pain , continues after the pain is gone , and pro- duceth a very pleafant ...
Page 62
... present theory , I muft add , that a fec- ondary emotion may readily fwell into a paffion for the acceffory object , provided the acceffory be a proper object for defire . Thus it happens that one paffion is often productive of another ...
... present theory , I muft add , that a fec- ondary emotion may readily fwell into a paffion for the acceffory object , provided the acceffory be a proper object for defire . Thus it happens that one paffion is often productive of another ...
Page 76
... present fituation , and barely remember that for- merly we faw that thing . But with refpect to an in- terefting object or event that made a ftrong impreffion , I am not fatisfied with a curfory review , but muft dwell upon every ...
... present fituation , and barely remember that for- merly we faw that thing . But with refpect to an in- terefting object or event that made a ftrong impreffion , I am not fatisfied with a curfory review , but muft dwell upon every ...
Page 87
... present tafk , is to affign the final caufe . I have already mentioned , that fiction , by means of lan- guage , has the command of our fympathy for the good of others . By the fame means , our fympathy may also be raised for our own ...
... present tafk , is to affign the final caufe . I have already mentioned , that fiction , by means of lan- guage , has the command of our fympathy for the good of others . By the fame means , our fympathy may also be raised for our own ...
Page 95
... present ; and when its caufe is removed , may fubfift by means of an idea , though in a fainter manner but the moment another thought breaks in and engroffes the mind , the emotion is gone , and is no longer felt if it return with its ...
... present ; and when its caufe is removed , may fubfift by means of an idea , though in a fainter manner but the moment another thought breaks in and engroffes the mind , the emotion is gone , and is no longer felt if it return with its ...
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