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... Action , 2. Power of Sounds to raife Emo- tions and Paffions , 17 33 - 35 52 57 61 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Foy and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Vir- tue , and its caufe . 5. In many inftances one Emotion is productive of ...
... Action , 2. Power of Sounds to raife Emo- tions and Paffions , 17 33 - 35 52 57 61 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Foy and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Vir- tue , and its caufe . 5. In many inftances one Emotion is productive of ...
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... actions of others : he loves to cherish them , and to publish them to the world faults and failings , it is true , are to him no lefs obvious ; but thefe he avoids , or re- moves out of fight , because they give him pain . On the other ...
... actions of others : he loves to cherish them , and to publish them to the world faults and failings , it is true , are to him no lefs obvious ; but thefe he avoids , or re- moves out of fight , because they give him pain . On the other ...
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... action wrong or improper must be highly disgustful : if , in any inftance , the overbearing power of paffion fway him from his duty , he returns to it with redoubled refolution never to be fwayed a second time : he has now an additional ...
... action wrong or improper must be highly disgustful : if , in any inftance , the overbearing power of paffion fway him from his duty , he returns to it with redoubled refolution never to be fwayed a second time : he has now an additional ...
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... reader is not prepa- red for that important event : no caufe is affigned that can make it appear neceffary , or even natural , Lin . 136 . + Lin . 475 . to fufpend for fo long a time the principal action 20 Ch . I. 39 IN A TRAIN .
... reader is not prepa- red for that important event : no caufe is affigned that can make it appear neceffary , or even natural , Lin . 136 . + Lin . 475 . to fufpend for fo long a time the principal action 20 Ch . I. 39 IN A TRAIN .
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... action , the con- nection ought to be ftill more intimate . The fame objection lies against that elaborate description of Fame in the Æneid * : any other book of that he- roic poem , or of any heroic poem , has as good a title to that ...
... action , the con- nection ought to be ftill more intimate . The fame objection lies against that elaborate description of Fame in the Æneid * : any other book of that he- roic poem , or of any heroic poem , has as good a title to that ...
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action againſt agreeable alfo alſo appear arifing beauty becauſe cafe cauſe chap circumſtances connection contraft courſe cuſtom defcribing defire degree deſcription difagreeable diſcover diſtinguiſhed effect elevation emotion raiſed exiſtence expreffed expreffion external figns faid fame feeling fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhould fight fimilar final caufe fingle fingular fion firft firſt focial fome fometimes fpecies fpectator ftill fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient furpriſe fwell grandeur gratification greateſt habit hath himſelf impreffion inftances itſelf ject juſt laſt lefs leſs meaſure mind moſt motion mufic muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary novelty obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffage paffion pain perceptions perfon pleaſant emotion pleaſure prefent produce produceth puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reaſon reflection refpect reliſh reſemblance riety rifible ſcarce Sejanus ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſome ſpectator ſtate ſtill ſtrong ſuch taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion uſe