Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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... course of nature ; and it is this pleasure which regulates our train of thought in the cafe now mentioned , and in others that are fimilar . These observations , by the way , furnish materials for inftituting a comparison betwixt the ...
... course of nature ; and it is this pleasure which regulates our train of thought in the cafe now mentioned , and in others that are fimilar . These observations , by the way , furnish materials for inftituting a comparison betwixt the ...
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... course . Elevation touches the mind not less than grandeur doth ; and in raifing the mind to elevated objects , there is a fenfible pleasure . But the course of nature hath still a greater influence than elevation ; and therefore the ...
... course . Elevation touches the mind not less than grandeur doth ; and in raifing the mind to elevated objects , there is a fenfible pleasure . But the course of nature hath still a greater influence than elevation ; and therefore the ...
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... course of nature . Yet no confufion nor hurry ; but in every article the greatest order and accuracy . Such is the force of habit ! How happy is man , to have the command of a principle of action , that can elevate him so far above the ...
... course of nature . Yet no confufion nor hurry ; but in every article the greatest order and accuracy . Such is the force of habit ! How happy is man , to have the command of a principle of action , that can elevate him so far above the ...
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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