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Page 116
... same time to poison our pleasure , by convincing us that our sympathy for those who are dead and gone is abfurd . And if reflection be laid afide , history stands upon the same footing with fable . What effect either of them may have to ...
... same time to poison our pleasure , by convincing us that our sympathy for those who are dead and gone is abfurd . And if reflection be laid afide , history stands upon the same footing with fable . What effect either of them may have to ...
Page 171
... same object or cause confidered in different lights . Thus a mi- ftrefs may at once be the object both of love and refentment . Her beauty inflames the paffion of love : her cruelty or inconftancy causes refentment . When two fuch ...
... same object or cause confidered in different lights . Thus a mi- ftrefs may at once be the object both of love and refentment . Her beauty inflames the paffion of love : her cruelty or inconftancy causes refentment . When two fuch ...
Page 354
... same effect is equally remarkable , when a man fets his condition in oppofition to that of others . A fhip toffed about in a ftorm , makes the spectator reflect upon his own fecurity and ease , and puts these in the strongest light ...
... same effect is equally remarkable , when a man fets his condition in oppofition to that of others . A fhip toffed about in a ftorm , makes the spectator reflect upon his own fecurity and ease , and puts these in the strongest light ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo anger appears arts beauty becauſe betwixt Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe circumſtances compariſon confideration confidered connection contraft courſe criticiſm defcribing defire deſcription diftrefs diſagreeable diſcover diſtinct diſtinguiſhed diſtreſs effect emotion raiſed emotions and paffions exerciſe exiſtence faid fame feeling fenfe fenfible fhall fight fimilar fingle fingular fion firſt focial fome fometimes foon ftill fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf Iago ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances intereſting itſelf ject lefs leſs meaſure ment mind moſt motion mufic muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffing painful emotion paſ paſt perceive perceptions perfon pity pleaſant emotion pleaſure preſent produce produceth puniſh purpoſes qualities reaſon reflection reliſh remarkable reſemblance ſcarce ſelfiſh ſenſe ſeparate Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſtill ſtrong ſuch ſurpriſe taſte thefe theſe thing thoſe tion uſe variety