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... wonder , in fome de- gree ; because , during infancy , every ob- ject at first is ftrange as well as new . as objects are rendered familiar by custom , we cease by degrees to wonder at new ap- pearances that have any refemblance to what ...
... wonder , in fome de- gree ; because , during infancy , every ob- ject at first is ftrange as well as new . as objects are rendered familiar by custom , we cease by degrees to wonder at new ap- pearances that have any refemblance to what ...
Page 325
... wonder , and the pain- ful paffion of terror . The novelty of the ob- ject , produces the former directly , and con ... wonder is painful : it proves only that wonder Ch . VI . 325 NOVELTY , & c .
... wonder , and the pain- ful paffion of terror . The novelty of the ob- ject , produces the former directly , and con ... wonder is painful : it proves only that wonder Ch . VI . 325 NOVELTY , & c .
Page 332
... wonder is felt ; and the emotion rifes in proportion to the faintness of the re- femblance . The highest degree of wonder ariseth from unknown objects that have no ana- logy to any species we are acquainted with . Shakespear in a fimile ...
... wonder is felt ; and the emotion rifes in proportion to the faintness of the re- femblance . The highest degree of wonder ariseth from unknown objects that have no ana- logy to any species we are acquainted with . Shakespear in a fimile ...
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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