Elements of Criticism, Volume 2Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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... human actions produce in a spectator the greatest variety of feelings . They are in themselves grand or little : with respect to the author , they are proper or improper with respect to those affected by them , just or unjust . And I ...
... human actions produce in a spectator the greatest variety of feelings . They are in themselves grand or little : with respect to the author , they are proper or improper with respect to those affected by them , just or unjust . And I ...
Page 112
... human facrifices to be represented in their theatre . The I- phigenia of Euripides is a proof of this fact . But a human facrifice , being altoge- ther inconfiftent with modern manners , as producing horror instead of pity , cannot with ...
... human facrifices to be represented in their theatre . The I- phigenia of Euripides is a proof of this fact . But a human facrifice , being altoge- ther inconfiftent with modern manners , as producing horror instead of pity , cannot with ...
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... human nature . Next in order comes an article of great importance , which is , to examine the effects produced upon a spectator by external figns of paffion . None of these signs are beheld with indifference : they are productive of ...
... human nature . Next in order comes an article of great importance , which is , to examine the effects produced upon a spectator by external figns of paffion . None of these signs are beheld with indifference : they are productive of ...
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