Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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Page 126
... opposite tones ; it can- not at the fame instant be both joyful and fad , an It is easier to conceive the manner of coexistence of fimilar emotions , than to defcribe it . They cannot be faid to mix or incorporate , like concordant ...
... opposite tones ; it can- not at the fame instant be both joyful and fad , an It is easier to conceive the manner of coexistence of fimilar emotions , than to defcribe it . They cannot be faid to mix or incorporate , like concordant ...
Page 131
... opposite to what are above described . Diffimilar coexistent emotions , as said above , never fail to distress the mind by the difference of their tones ; from which fituation a feeling of harmony never can proceed ; and this holds ...
... opposite to what are above described . Diffimilar coexistent emotions , as said above , never fail to distress the mind by the difference of their tones ; from which fituation a feeling of harmony never can proceed ; and this holds ...
Page 186
... opposite direction to his de- fire ; it makes him defire to afford relief ; and by relieving the perfon from diftrefs , his paffion is gratified . The painful paffion thus directed , is termed Sympathy ; which , tho ' painful , is yet ...
... opposite direction to his de- fire ; it makes him defire to afford relief ; and by relieving the perfon from diftrefs , his paffion is gratified . The painful paffion thus directed , is termed Sympathy ; which , tho ' painful , is yet ...
Page 255
... opposite , while Expectation stood In horror : from each hand with speed retir'd , Where erft was thickeft fight , th'angelic throng , And left large field , unfafe within the wind Of fuch commotion ; fuch as , to fet forth Great things ...
... opposite , while Expectation stood In horror : from each hand with speed retir'd , Where erft was thickeft fight , th'angelic throng , And left large field , unfafe within the wind Of fuch commotion ; fuch as , to fet forth Great things ...
Page 390
... opposite . As for example , where Sir Rodger de Coverley , in the Spectator , fpeaking of his widow , That he would have given her a coal - pit to have kept her in clean linen ; and that her finger fhould have fparkled with one hundred ...
... opposite . As for example , where Sir Rodger de Coverley , in the Spectator , fpeaking of his widow , That he would have given her a coal - pit to have kept her in clean linen ; and that her finger fhould have fparkled with one hundred ...
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