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Page 198
Lord Henry Home Kames. The observation holds equally with re- spect to future events . If a future event be either much wifhed or dreaded , the mind , to gratify its passion , never fails to augment the probability beyond truth . The ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. The observation holds equally with re- spect to future events . If a future event be either much wifhed or dreaded , the mind , to gratify its passion , never fails to augment the probability beyond truth . The ...
Page 210
... observation ; and upon an after recollection must appear fhort , in proportion to the paucity of ob- jects . This is ftill more remarkable in close contemplation and in deep thinking , where the train , compofed wholly of ideas , pro ...
... observation ; and upon an after recollection must appear fhort , in proportion to the paucity of ob- jects . This is ftill more remarkable in close contemplation and in deep thinking , where the train , compofed wholly of ideas , pro ...
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... observation has not been made by any writer . Motion , in its different circumftances , is productive of feelings that resemble it . Sluggish motion , for example , causeth a languid unpleasant feeling ; flow uniform motion , a feeling ...
... observation has not been made by any writer . Motion , in its different circumftances , is productive of feelings that resemble it . Sluggish motion , for example , causeth a languid unpleasant feeling ; flow uniform motion , a feeling ...
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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