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Page 130
... disagreeable . Hence clearly appear the different fignifica- tions of the terms under confideration , as applied to paffion . When a paffion is termed pleasant or painful , we refer to the actual feeling : when termed agreeable or ...
... disagreeable . Hence clearly appear the different fignifica- tions of the terms under confideration , as applied to paffion . When a paffion is termed pleasant or painful , we refer to the actual feeling : when termed agreeable or ...
Page 133
... disagreeable to a spectator , and fo is the paffion that prompts it . Every ac- tion virtuous or proper is agreeable to a spec- tator , and fo is the passion that prompts it . This deduction may be carried a great way farther ; but to ...
... disagreeable to a spectator , and fo is the paffion that prompts it . Every ac- tion virtuous or proper is agreeable to a spec- tator , and fo is the passion that prompts it . This deduction may be carried a great way farther ; but to ...
Page 134
... disagreeable , though it continues to be still pleasant . Our appetites are pre- cifely in the fame condition . Again , vanity , though pleasant , is disagreeable . Refent- ment , on the other hand , is , in every stage of the paffion ...
... disagreeable , though it continues to be still pleasant . Our appetites are pre- cifely in the fame condition . Again , vanity , though pleasant , is disagreeable . Refent- ment , on the other hand , is , in every stage of the paffion ...
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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