Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 96
... reason and re- flection . Nature hath acted here with her ufual precaution and forefight . Fear and anger are paffions common to all men ; and by operating inftinctively , they fre- quently afford fecurity when the flower o- perations ...
... reason and re- flection . Nature hath acted here with her ufual precaution and forefight . Fear and anger are paffions common to all men ; and by operating inftinctively , they fre- quently afford fecurity when the flower o- perations ...
Page 118
... reason , read- ing and still more acting have greatly the advantage , by the opportunity of reiterating impreffions without end . Upon the whole , it is by means of ideal prefence that our paffions are excited ; and till words produce ...
... reason , read- ing and still more acting have greatly the advantage , by the opportunity of reiterating impreffions without end . Upon the whole , it is by means of ideal prefence that our paffions are excited ; and till words produce ...
Page 383
... reason , the aged , in all their motions , are generally governed by an habitual uniformity . Whatever be the cause , we may venture to pronounce , that heat in the imagination and temper , is al- ways connected with a brifk flow of ...
... reason , the aged , in all their motions , are generally governed by an habitual uniformity . Whatever be the cause , we may venture to pronounce , that heat in the imagination and temper , is al- ways connected with a brifk flow 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