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Page 76
... remarkable influence in regulating the train of our ideas . I here add , that they have an influence not lefs remarkable , in generating emotions and paffions . Beginning with the former , it holds in fact , that an agreeable object ...
... remarkable influence in regulating the train of our ideas . I here add , that they have an influence not lefs remarkable , in generating emotions and paffions . Beginning with the former , it holds in fact , that an agreeable object ...
Page 196
... remarkable , that time , which hath an accurate measure , is lefs obfequious to our defires and wishes , than objects which have no precise standard of lefs or more . Even belief , though partly an act of the judgment , may be ...
... remarkable , that time , which hath an accurate measure , is lefs obfequious to our defires and wishes , than objects which have no precise standard of lefs or more . Even belief , though partly an act of the judgment , may be ...
Page 416
... remarkable . The oppofition betwixt va- riety and uniformity is fo great , that one would not readily imagine they could both be relished by the fame palate ; at least not in the fame object , nor at the fame time . It is however true ...
... remarkable . The oppofition betwixt va- riety and uniformity is fo great , that one would not readily imagine they could both be relished by the fame palate ; at least not in the fame object , nor at the fame time . It is however true ...
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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