Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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... gratification : Selfishness * rears its head ; becomes fafhionable ; and , infecting all ranks , extinguishes the amor patria , and every spark of pu- blic fpirit . To prevent or to retard fuch fatal corruption , the genius of an Al ...
... gratification : Selfishness * rears its head ; becomes fafhionable ; and , infecting all ranks , extinguishes the amor patria , and every spark of pu- blic fpirit . To prevent or to retard fuch fatal corruption , the genius of an Al ...
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... gratification . Our first perceptions are of external objects , and our first attachments are to them . Organic pleasures take the lead : but the mind , gradually ripening , relifheth more and more the pleasures of the eye and ear ...
... gratification . Our first perceptions are of external objects , and our first attachments are to them . Organic pleasures take the lead : but the mind , gradually ripening , relifheth more and more the pleasures of the eye and ear ...
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... gratification of our paffions , and even in their production . But that fubject is re- ferved to be treated in the chapter of emotions and paffions * . There is not perhaps another instance of a build- ing so great erected upon a ...
... gratification of our paffions , and even in their production . But that fubject is re- ferved to be treated in the chapter of emotions and paffions * . There is not perhaps another instance of a build- ing so great erected upon a ...
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... gratify any of the inferior fenses . The defign accordingly of this chapter is to delineate that connection , with the view chiefly to ascertain what power the fine arts have to raise emotions and paffions . To those who would excel in ...
... gratify any of the inferior fenses . The defign accordingly of this chapter is to delineate that connection , with the view chiefly to ascertain what power the fine arts have to raise emotions and paffions . To those who would excel in ...
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... gratify the paffion . The cause of a paffion is fufficiently explained above it is that being or thing , which , by rai , fing defire , converts an emotion into a paffion . When we confider a paffion with respect to its power of ...
... gratify the paffion . The cause of a paffion is fufficiently explained above it is that being or thing , which , by rai , fing defire , converts an emotion into a paffion . When we confider a paffion with respect to its power of ...
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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