Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 48
... reflection ; fuch as graceful motion and genteel behaviour . But as the intention of the agent is a capital circumftance in the bulk of human actions , it requires reflection to difcover their true character . If I fee one delivering a ...
... reflection ; fuch as graceful motion and genteel behaviour . But as the intention of the agent is a capital circumftance in the bulk of human actions , it requires reflection to difcover their true character . If I fee one delivering a ...
Page 57
... reflection bear no part . formed blindly by the The action is per- impulfe of paffion , without any view . Thus one in extreme hunger fnatches at food , without the slightest reflection whether it be falutary or not : Avarice prompts to ...
... reflection bear no part . formed blindly by the The action is per- impulfe of paffion , without any view . Thus one in extreme hunger fnatches at food , without the slightest reflection whether it be falutary or not : Avarice prompts to ...
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... reflection of any fort . This reafoning , if any one hesitate , is confirmed by conftant and univerfal experience . Let us take under confideration the meeting of Hector and Andromache in the fixth book of the Iliad , or fome of the ...
... reflection of any fort . This reafoning , if any one hesitate , is confirmed by conftant and univerfal experience . Let us take under confideration the meeting of Hector and Andromache in the fixth book of the Iliad , or fome of 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