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Page 37
... mind : in this ftate , it is disagree- able to contract the mind to a minute ob- ject , however elegant . The refembling an object to one that is greater , has , on the contrary , a good effect , by raising or fwell- ing the mind . One ...
... mind : in this ftate , it is disagree- able to contract the mind to a minute ob- ject , however elegant . The refembling an object to one that is greater , has , on the contrary , a good effect , by raising or fwell- ing the mind . One ...
Page 263
... mind runs sweetly and easily along them . This pleasure we have in the Æneid . But it is not altogether so pleasant , as in the Iliad , to connect effects by their common cause ; for fuch connection forces the mind to a conti- nual ...
... mind runs sweetly and easily along them . This pleasure we have in the Æneid . But it is not altogether so pleasant , as in the Iliad , to connect effects by their common cause ; for fuch connection forces the mind to a conti- nual ...
Page 381
... mind . How is this operation performed ? Do I endeavour to form in my mind a picture of it or repre- sentative image ? Not fo . I tranfport my- felf ideally to the place where I saw the tree yesterday ; upon which I have a perception of ...
... mind . How is this operation performed ? Do I endeavour to form in my mind a picture of it or repre- sentative image ? Not fo . I tranfport my- felf ideally to the place where I saw the tree yesterday ; upon which I have a perception of ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word