Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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... confidered as 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 ...
... confidered as 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 ...
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... confidered as a fen- fitive being capable of pleasure and pain and though he flatters himself with having made fome progrefs in that important fcience , he is however too fenfible of its extent and difficulty , to under- take it ...
... confidered as a fen- fitive being capable of pleasure and pain and though he flatters himself with having made fome progrefs in that important fcience , he is however too fenfible of its extent and difficulty , to under- take it ...
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... confidered as pro ductive of Action . THE Hefe branches are fo interwoven , that they cannot be handled feparately . It is a fact universally admitted , that no emotion or paffion ever starts up in the mind , without a caufe : if I love ...
... confidered as pro ductive of Action . THE Hefe branches are fo interwoven , that they cannot be handled feparately . It is a fact universally admitted , that no emotion or paffion ever starts up in the mind , without a caufe : if I love ...
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... confidered in that view is termed a motive thus the fame mental act that is termed defire with refpect to an end in view , is termed a motive with refpect to its power of determining one to act . Inftinctive actions have a cause ...
... confidered in that view is termed a motive thus the fame mental act that is termed defire with refpect to an end in view , is termed a motive with refpect to its power of determining one to act . Inftinctive actions have a cause ...
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... confidered apart * . This reafon may appear obfcure and meta- phyfical , * Such proneness has the mind to this communication of properties , that we often find a property afcribed to a related object , of which naturally it is not ...
... confidered apart * . This reafon may appear obfcure and meta- phyfical , * Such proneness has the mind to this communication of properties , that we often find a property afcribed to a related object , of which naturally it is not ...
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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