Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 91
... mind by which a paffion is extended to a related ob- ject . In confidering two things as related , the mind is not stationary , but paffeth and repaffeth from the one to the other , viewing the relation from each of them perhaps oftener ...
... mind by which a paffion is extended to a related ob- ject . In confidering two things as related , the mind is not stationary , but paffeth and repaffeth from the one to the other , viewing the relation from each of them perhaps oftener ...
Page 300
... mind than grandeur or fublimity . By the artful intro- duction of an humbling object , the fall is great in proportion to the former elevation . Of this doctrine Shakespear affords us a beautiful illustration , in a paffage part of ...
... mind than grandeur or fublimity . By the artful intro- duction of an humbling object , the fall is great in proportion to the former elevation . Of this doctrine Shakespear affords us a beautiful illustration , in a paffage part of ...
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... mind thus occupied feels no vacuity . Some emotions , by hurrying the mind from ob- ject to object , accelerate the fucceffion . Where the train is compofed of connected objects , the fucceffion is quick . For it is fo ordered by nature ...
... mind thus occupied feels no vacuity . Some emotions , by hurrying the mind from ob- ject to object , accelerate the fucceffion . Where the train is compofed of connected objects , the fucceffion is quick . For it is fo ordered by nature ...
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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