Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I(-II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... felt in an ascending se- ries , which is extremely pleafing the pleasure here ex- ceeds what arifes from following the courfe of nature ; and it is that pleafure which regulates our train of thought in the cafe now mentioned , and in ...
... felt in an ascending se- ries , which is extremely pleafing the pleasure here ex- ceeds what arifes from following the courfe of nature ; and it is that pleafure which regulates our train of thought in the cafe now mentioned , and in ...
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... felt in the oppofite course . Elevation touches the mind no less than grandeur doth ; and in raifing the mind to elevated objects , there is a fenfible pleasure the courfe of nature , however , hath ftill a greater influence than ...
... felt in the oppofite course . Elevation touches the mind no less than grandeur doth ; and in raifing the mind to elevated objects , there is a fenfible pleasure the courfe of nature , however , hath ftill a greater influence than ...
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... felt when eye - witneffes . In a word , an agreea- ble or difagreeable object recalled to the mind in idea , is the occafion of a pleasant or painful emotion , of the fame kind with that produced when the object was pref- ent the only ...
... felt when eye - witneffes . In a word , an agreea- ble or difagreeable object recalled to the mind in idea , is the occafion of a pleasant or painful emotion , of the fame kind with that produced when the object was pref- ent the only ...
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... felt but defire without any fenfible perturbation . The principle of duty affords one instance : the defire generated by an object of duty , being commonly moderate , moves us to act calmly , without any violent impulfe ; but if the ...
... felt but defire without any fenfible perturbation . The principle of duty affords one instance : the defire generated by an object of duty , being commonly moderate , moves us to act calmly , without any violent impulfe ; but if the ...
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... felt the charms of mufic . But , if authority be required , the following paf- fage from a grave historian , eminent for folidity of judg- ment , must have the greatest weight . Polybius , fpeak- ing of the people of Cynætha , an ...
... felt the charms of mufic . But , if authority be required , the following paf- fage from a grave historian , eminent for folidity of judg- ment , must have the greatest weight . Polybius , fpeak- ing of the people of Cynætha , an ...
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