Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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... pleasant or painful , must be in the mind ; and yet because in tafting , touching , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion made upon the organ , we are led to place there alfo the pleafant or painful feeling caufed by that ...
... pleasant or painful , must be in the mind ; and yet because in tafting , touching , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion made upon the organ , we are led to place there alfo the pleafant or painful feeling caufed by that ...
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... pleasant or painful feelings caused by that impreffion ; and therefore we naturally place them in the mind , where they really are : upon that account , they are conceived to be more refined and spiritual , than what are derived from ...
... pleasant or painful feelings caused by that impreffion ; and therefore we naturally place them in the mind , where they really are : upon that account , they are conceived to be more refined and spiritual , than what are derived from ...
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... pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cafes and in a due course of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our faculties , beftows acuteness on that of rea- fon , fon , fufficient to unravel ...
... pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cafes and in a due course of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our faculties , beftows acuteness on that of rea- fon , fon , fufficient to unravel ...
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... pleasant emotions , without the flightest act of reflection , or of attention to confequences . It is almost unne- ceffary to add , that certain qualities oppofite to the former , fuch as dullness , peevishness , inhumanity , cowardice ...
... pleasant emotions , without the flightest act of reflection , or of attention to confequences . It is almost unne- ceffary to add , that certain qualities oppofite to the former , fuch as dullness , peevishness , inhumanity , cowardice ...
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... pleasant in the recollec- tion , as well as when under our eye : a generous action described in words or colours , occafions à fenfible emotion , as well as when we fee it per- formed : and when we reflect upon the diftrefs of any ...
... pleasant in the recollec- tion , as well as when under our eye : a generous action described in words or colours , occafions à fenfible emotion , as well as when we fee it per- formed : and when we reflect upon the diftrefs of any ...
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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