Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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... never to be swayed a fecond time . He has now an additional motive to virtue , a conviction de- rived from experience , that happiness de- pends on regularity and order , and that a difregard to justice or propriety never fails to be ...
... never to be swayed a fecond time . He has now an additional motive to virtue , a conviction de- rived from experience , that happiness de- pends on regularity and order , and that a difregard to justice or propriety never fails to be ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. wishing for what can never happen . But fuch things never move defire . And in- deed a defire to act would be altogether ab- furd , when we are confcious that the action is beyond our power . In the next place ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. wishing for what can never happen . But fuch things never move defire . And in- deed a defire to act would be altogether ab- furd , when we are confcious that the action is beyond our power . In the next place ...
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... never finds himself more at ease , than when his perceptions fucceed each other with a certain degree , not only of velocity , but also of variety . Hence it proceeds , that a train confifting entirely of ideas of memory , is never pain ...
... never finds himself more at ease , than when his perceptions fucceed each other with a certain degree , not only of velocity , but also of variety . Hence it proceeds , that a train confifting entirely of ideas of memory , is never pain ...
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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