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Page 132
... common nature of our fpecies , is perceived by us to be regular and as it ought to be ; and upon that account it must appear agreeable . By this general rule we can afcertain what emotions are agreeable what difagreeable . Every emotion ...
... common nature of our fpecies , is perceived by us to be regular and as it ought to be ; and upon that account it must appear agreeable . By this general rule we can afcertain what emotions are agreeable what difagreeable . Every emotion ...
Page 141
... common apprehenfion , nor is neceffary in common language . The emotions raised by a fine landscape in its fucceffive appearan- ces , are not distinguished from each other , nor even from those raised by fucceffive * See the appendix ...
... common apprehenfion , nor is neceffary in common language . The emotions raised by a fine landscape in its fucceffive appearan- ces , are not distinguished from each other , nor even from those raised by fucceffive * See the appendix ...
Page 203
... common measure for one very different ? I know not that this question ever has been refolved . The false reckonings I have sug- gefted are so common and familiar , that no writer has thought of inquiring for their cause . And indeed ...
... common measure for one very different ? I know not that this question ever has been refolved . The false reckonings I have sug- gefted are so common and familiar , that no writer has thought of inquiring for their cause . And indeed ...
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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