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Page 66
... gratification of every paffion must be pleasant , or in other words produce a plea- fant emotion ; for nothing can be more na- tural , than that the accomplishment of any wish or defire should affect us with joy . I cannot even except ...
... gratification of every paffion must be pleasant , or in other words produce a plea- fant emotion ; for nothing can be more na- tural , than that the accomplishment of any wish or defire should affect us with joy . I cannot even except ...
Page 187
... gratification of the paffion . And according- ly , the mind , prone to gratify its paffions , is apt to conceive a better opinion of these chil- dren than possibly they deserve . By this means , ftrong connections of affection are often ...
... gratification of the paffion . And according- ly , the mind , prone to gratify its paffions , is apt to conceive a better opinion of these chil- dren than possibly they deserve . By this means , ftrong connections of affection are often ...
Page 346
... gratify our curiofity in any degree . The gratification lies in difcovering differences among things where refemblance prevails , and in discovering resemblances where dif- ference prevails . Thus a difference in in- dividuals of the ...
... gratify our curiofity in any degree . The gratification lies in difcovering differences among things where refemblance prevails , and in discovering resemblances where dif- ference prevails . Thus a difference in in- dividuals of 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