Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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Page 117
... wonder , and fometimes of terror . Emotions raised by inanimate objects , trees , rivers , buildings , pictures , arrive at perfec- tion almost instantaneoufly ; and they have a long endurance , a second view producing nearly the fame ...
... wonder , and fometimes of terror . Emotions raised by inanimate objects , trees , rivers , buildings , pictures , arrive at perfec- tion almost instantaneoufly ; and they have a long endurance , a second view producing nearly the fame ...
Page 119
... Wonder and furprise are always produced in perfection : reiterated impreffions made by their cause , exhaust these paffions instead of inflaming them . This will be explained after- ward * . • In the next place , when a paffion hath for ...
... Wonder and furprise are always produced in perfection : reiterated impreffions made by their cause , exhaust these paffions instead of inflaming them . This will be explained after- ward * . • In the next place , when a paffion hath for ...
Page 122
... wonder and fur- prise , which also fuddenly decay , another reafon concurs , that their causes are of fhort duration : novelty foon degenerates into familiarity ; and the unexpectedness of an object , is foon funk in the pleasure that ...
... wonder and fur- prise , which also fuddenly decay , another reafon concurs , that their causes are of fhort duration : novelty foon degenerates into familiarity ; and the unexpectedness of an object , is foon funk in the pleasure that ...
Page 164
... wonder , and perhaps of dread ; and thefe emo- tions impofing upon a weak mind , imprefs upon it a thorough conviction contrary to reason . Opinion and belief are influenced by propensity as well as by paffion . An innate propenfity is ...
... wonder , and perhaps of dread ; and thefe emo- tions impofing upon a weak mind , imprefs upon it a thorough conviction contrary to reason . Opinion and belief are influenced by propensity as well as by paffion . An innate propenfity is ...
Page 176
... wonder . That emotion , however flight , imposes on the mind , and makes it judge that the plain is larger than it is in reality . Divide the plain into parts , and our wonder ceafes : it is no longer confidered as one great plain , but ...
... wonder . That emotion , however flight , imposes on the mind , and makes it judge that the plain is larger than it is in reality . Divide the plain into parts , and our wonder ceafes : it is no longer confidered as one great plain , but ...
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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