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Page 56
... action depends on antecedent defire ; it follows , that where there is no defire there can be no action . This opens another shining diftinction betwixt emotions and paffions . The former , being without defire , are in their nature ...
... action depends on antecedent defire ; it follows , that where there is no defire there can be no action . This opens another shining diftinction betwixt emotions and paffions . The former , being without defire , are in their nature ...
Page 57
... action , this action is either ultimate , or it is done as a means to fome end . Where the action is ultimate , reafon and reflection bear no part . formed blindly by the The action is per- impulfe of paffion , without any view . Thus ...
... action , this action is either ultimate , or it is done as a means to fome end . Where the action is ultimate , reafon and reflection bear no part . formed blindly by the The action is per- impulfe of paffion , without any view . Thus ...
Page 58
... action is ultimate , it hath a caufe , viz . the impulfe of the paffion . But we cannot properly fay it hath a motive . This term is appropriated to actions that are performed as means to fome end ; and the conviction that the action ...
... action is ultimate , it hath a caufe , viz . the impulfe of the paffion . But we cannot properly fay it hath a motive . This term is appropriated to actions that are performed as means to fome end ; and the conviction that the action ...
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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