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Page 154
Emotions again that are opposite or extremely diffimilar , never combine nor unite
. The mind cannot simultaneously take on opposite tones : it cannot at the same
instant be both joyful and fad , angry and satisfied , proud and humble .
Emotions again that are opposite or extremely diffimilar , never combine nor unite
. The mind cannot simultaneously take on opposite tones : it cannot at the same
instant be both joyful and fad , angry and satisfied , proud and humble .
Page 177
This circumstance tends to give a superiority to the opposite passion . And
another circumstance also concurs , that this opposite passion has by restraint
acquired in the interim some additional force . Love and jealousy connected by a
...
This circumstance tends to give a superiority to the opposite passion . And
another circumstance also concurs , that this opposite passion has by restraint
acquired in the interim some additional force . Love and jealousy connected by a
...
Page 375
When these are viewed in succession , grandeur ought to be contrasted with
neatness , regularity with wildness , and gaiety with melancholy ; so as that each
emotion may succeed its opposite . Nay it is an improvement to intermix in the ...
When these are viewed in succession , grandeur ought to be contrasted with
neatness , regularity with wildness , and gaiety with melancholy ; so as that each
emotion may succeed its opposite . Nay it is an improvement to intermix in the ...
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| Title | Elements of Criticism, Volume 1 Classics in art and literary criticism Elements of Criticism, Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Author | Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 |
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