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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... 336 16. Sentimenis , 10. Congruity and Propricty ,. 11. Dignity and Grace , 12. Ridicule , 13. Wit , 14. Cuftom and Habit , 15 . External Signs of Emotions and Paffions , Chap . 16. Sentiments , 17. Language of Paffion , vi . CONTENT S.
... 336 16. Sentimenis , 10. Congruity and Propricty ,. 11. Dignity and Grace , 12. Ridicule , 13. Wit , 14. Cuftom and Habit , 15 . External Signs of Emotions and Paffions , Chap . 16. Sentiments , 17. Language of Paffion , vi . CONTENT S.
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... con- ception . 1 Ridicule , which chiefly arifes from pride , a felfish paffion , is at best but a grofs pleasure : a people , it is true , true , must have emerged out of barbarity before they 94 CHAP . II . Emotions and Paffions .
... con- ception . 1 Ridicule , which chiefly arifes from pride , a felfish paffion , is at best but a grofs pleasure : a people , it is true , true , must have emerged out of barbarity before they 94 CHAP . II . Emotions and Paffions .
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... ridicule ; but it is too rough an en- tertainment for the polifhed and refined . Cicero dif- covers in Plautus a happy talent for ridicule , and a pe- culiar delicacy of wit : but Horace , who made a fig- ure in the court of Auguftus ...
... ridicule ; but it is too rough an en- tertainment for the polifhed and refined . Cicero dif- covers in Plautus a happy talent for ridicule , and a pe- culiar delicacy of wit : but Horace , who made a fig- ure in the court of Auguftus ...
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... ridicule . The pain a ridiculous object gives me is refented and punished by a laugh of de- rifion . A rifible object , on the other hand , gives me no pain it is altogether pleafant by a certain fort of titillation , which is expreffed ...
... ridicule . The pain a ridiculous object gives me is refented and punished by a laugh of de- rifion . A rifible object , on the other hand , gives me no pain it is altogether pleafant by a certain fort of titillation , which is expreffed ...
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... element . * " Shakespear , with uncommon humour , ridicules fuch difpofition to fimile - making , by * Coke upon Lyttleton , p . 71 . 1 by putting in the mouth of a weak man P4 CHAP . VIII . Refemblance and Diffimilitude . 223.
... element . * " Shakespear , with uncommon humour , ridicules fuch difpofition to fimile - making , by * Coke upon Lyttleton , p . 71 . 1 by putting in the mouth of a weak man P4 CHAP . VIII . Refemblance and Diffimilitude . 223.
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