Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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... train , 2. Emotions and Paffions , Part 1. Caufes unfolded of the Emotions and Paffions : Sect . 1. Difference between Emotion and Paffion . Caufes that are the moft common and the most ge- neral . - Paffion confidered as productive of ...
... train , 2. Emotions and Paffions , Part 1. Caufes unfolded of the Emotions and Paffions : Sect . 1. Difference between Emotion and Paffion . Caufes that are the moft common and the most ge- neral . - Paffion confidered as productive of ...
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... TRAIN , A MAN while awake is confcious of a continued train of perceptions and ideas paffing in his mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on the train nor can he at will add any idea to the train * . At the fame time we ...
... TRAIN , A MAN while awake is confcious of a continued train of perceptions and ideas paffing in his mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on the train nor can he at will add any idea to the train * . At the fame time we ...
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... train of our thoughts is in a great measure regulated by the foregoing relations : an external object is no fooner presented to us in idea , than it fuggefts to the mind other objects to which it is related ; and in that manner is a train ...
... train of our thoughts is in a great measure regulated by the foregoing relations : an external object is no fooner presented to us in idea , than it fuggefts to the mind other objects to which it is related ; and in that manner is a train ...
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... train , ` we cannot diffolve the train altogether , by carrying on our thoughts in a loose manner without any connection . So far doth our power extend ; and that power is fufficient for all useful purposes to have more power , would ...
... train , ` we cannot diffolve the train altogether , by carrying on our thoughts in a loose manner without any connection . So far doth our power extend ; and that power is fufficient for all useful purposes to have more power , would ...
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... train of ideas ; which is , that in the minds of fome perfons , thoughts and cir . cumstances crowd upon each other by the flightest connections . I ascribe this to a bluntness in the difcerning faculty ; for a perfon who cannot accu ...
... train of ideas ; which is , that in the minds of fome perfons , thoughts and cir . cumstances crowd upon each other by the flightest connections . I ascribe this to a bluntness in the difcerning faculty ; for a perfon who cannot accu ...
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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