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Page 115
... moves my pity . My con- cern vanishes with the diftrefs ; for I can- not pity any person who at present is happy ... move our pity more than if he had never exifted . The misfortunes defcribed in a genuine P 2 genuine hiftory command ...
... moves my pity . My con- cern vanishes with the diftrefs ; for I can- not pity any person who at present is happy ... move our pity more than if he had never exifted . The misfortunes defcribed in a genuine P 2 genuine hiftory command ...
Page 118
... move us . And this theory serves to explain feveral pheno- mena otherwife unaccountable . A misfor- tune happening ... moved with any diftant event ; because we have more difficulty to conceive it prefent , than an event that hap- pened ...
... move us . And this theory serves to explain feveral pheno- mena otherwife unaccountable . A misfor- tune happening ... moved with any diftant event ; because we have more difficulty to conceive it prefent , than an event that hap- pened ...
Page 121
... and truth in general , may be inculca- ted without taking advantage of ideal pre- fence . But without it , the finest speaker or VOL . I. е writer writer would in vain attempt to move any of our Part I. EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . 121.
... and truth in general , may be inculca- ted without taking advantage of ideal pre- fence . But without it , the finest speaker or VOL . I. е writer writer would in vain attempt to move any of our Part I. EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . 121.
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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