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Page 66
The gratification of every passion must be pleasant , or in other words produce a
pleafant emotion ; for nothing can be more natural , than that the accomplishment
of any wish or desire should affect us with joy . I cannot even except the case ...
The gratification of every passion must be pleasant , or in other words produce a
pleafant emotion ; for nothing can be more natural , than that the accomplishment
of any wish or desire should affect us with joy . I cannot even except the case ...
Page 236
If the good qualities of others excite my benevolence , the same qualities in
myself must produce a similar effect in a superior degree , upon account of the
natural partiality every man hath for himself . This increases self - love . If these
qualities ...
If the good qualities of others excite my benevolence , the same qualities in
myself must produce a similar effect in a superior degree , upon account of the
natural partiality every man hath for himself . This increases self - love . If these
qualities ...
Page 267
Figure and colour , even in the same body , produce separate emotions , which
are never misapprehended one for the other . Why Thould not magnitude
produce an emotion different from both ? That it has this effect , will be evident
from a ...
Figure and colour , even in the same body , produce separate emotions , which
are never misapprehended one for the other . Why Thould not magnitude
produce an emotion different from both ? That it has this effect , will be evident
from a ...
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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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