Elements of Criticism, Volume 1A. Miller and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, 1763 - Criticism |
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Page 46
... distress of body or of mind . The circumftances now mentioned , if they caufe or occafion a paffion , cannot be entirely indifferent ; for if they were , they bre they could not move us in any degree . And 46 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch ...
... distress of body or of mind . The circumftances now mentioned , if they caufe or occafion a paffion , cannot be entirely indifferent ; for if they were , they bre they could not move us in any degree . And 46 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch ...
Page 51
... distress of any perfon , our pain is of the fame kind with what we felt when eye - witneffes . In a word , an agreeable ceive things as they really exift , and never perceive a quality as feparated from the fubject . Hence it must be ...
... distress of any perfon , our pain is of the fame kind with what we felt when eye - witneffes . In a word , an agreeable ceive things as they really exift , and never perceive a quality as feparated from the fubject . Hence it must be ...
Page 70
... distress of mind or body ; and in no fituation doth forrow rife to a greater height , than upon the removal of what makes us happy . The fenfibility of our nature ferves in part to account for these effects . Other caufes alfo concur ...
... distress of mind or body ; and in no fituation doth forrow rife to a greater height , than upon the removal of what makes us happy . The fenfibility of our nature ferves in part to account for these effects . Other caufes alfo concur ...
Page 89
... distress , must of confequence inflame our refentment against the author of the diftrefs for , in general , the affection we have for any man , generates in us good- will to his friends and ill - will to his ene- mies . Shakespear fhows ...
... distress , must of confequence inflame our refentment against the author of the diftrefs for , in general , the affection we have for any man , generates in us good- will to his friends and ill - will to his ene- mies . Shakespear fhows ...
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... distress . One reafon is , that pity interests us in its object , and recom- mends all its virtuous qualities ; and ac- cordingly female beauty fhows best in di- ftrefs ; being more apt to inspire love , than upon ordinary occafions ...
... distress . One reafon is , that pity interests us in its object , and recom- mends all its virtuous qualities ; and ac- cordingly female beauty fhows best in di- ftrefs ; being more apt to inspire love , than upon ordinary occafions ...
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