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Page 130
... pleasant or painful , we refer to the actual feeling : when termed agreeable or disagreeable , it is confidered as an object of thought or reflection . A paffion is pleasant or painful to the perfon in whom it exists : it is agreeable ...
... pleasant or painful , we refer to the actual feeling : when termed agreeable or disagreeable , it is confidered as an object of thought or reflection . A paffion is pleasant or painful to the perfon in whom it exists : it is agreeable ...
Page 134
... pleasant and agreeable . In excess it is disagreeable , though it continues to be still pleasant . Our appetites are pre- cifely in the fame condition . Again , vanity , though pleasant , is disagreeable . Refent- ment , on the other ...
... pleasant and agreeable . In excess it is disagreeable , though it continues to be still pleasant . Our appetites are pre- cifely in the fame condition . Again , vanity , though pleasant , is disagreeable . Refent- ment , on the other ...
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... pleasant partly painful . This clearly explains fome expreffions common in poetry , a fweet diftrefs , a pleasant pain . We proceed to the effects produced by means of the different manners of coexist- ence above described ; first , the ...
... pleasant partly painful . This clearly explains fome expreffions common in poetry , a fweet diftrefs , a pleasant pain . We proceed to the effects produced by means of the different manners of coexist- ence above described ; first , the ...
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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