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Page 134
... painful paffions that are agreeable . Self- love , fo long as confined within just bounds , is a paffion both ... painful ; but is not disagreeable unless in excefs . Pity is always painful , yet always agreeable . But however distinct ...
... painful paffions that are agreeable . Self- love , fo long as confined within just bounds , is a paffion both ... painful ; but is not disagreeable unless in excefs . Pity is always painful , yet always agreeable . But however distinct ...
Page 273
... painful , though our pleasure lefïens at every step , till it vanish into indifference . Such a progrefs may fometimes produce a pleasure of a different fort , which arifes from taking a narrower and narrower inspection . The fame ...
... painful , though our pleasure lefïens at every step , till it vanish into indifference . Such a progrefs may fometimes produce a pleasure of a different fort , which arifes from taking a narrower and narrower inspection . The fame ...
Page 394
... painful even where it is voluntary . And it is equally painful to alter that degree of variety which nature requires . Contemplation , when the mind is long attached to one thing , foon becomes painful by restraining the free range of ...
... painful even where it is voluntary . And it is equally painful to alter that degree of variety which nature requires . Contemplation , when the mind is long attached to one thing , foon becomes painful by restraining the free range of ...
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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