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On different senses , different objects strike ; Hence different passions more or less inflame , As strong or weak , the organs of the frame ; 130 And hence one master passion in the breast , Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest ...
On different senses , different objects strike ; Hence different passions more or less inflame , As strong or weak , the organs of the frame ; 130 And hence one master passion in the breast , Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest ...
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SECTION III SECTION IV OBSCURITY OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEARNESS AND OBSCURITY WITH REGARD TO THE PASSIONS To make ... Those despotic governments which are founded on the passions of men , and principally upon the passion of fear ...
SECTION III SECTION IV OBSCURITY OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEARNESS AND OBSCURITY WITH REGARD TO THE PASSIONS To make ... Those despotic governments which are founded on the passions of men , and principally upon the passion of fear ...
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Among the common sort of people , I never could perceive that painting had much influence on their passions . It is true that the best sorts of painting , as well as the best sorts of poetry , are not much understood in that sphere .
Among the common sort of people , I never could perceive that painting had much influence on their passions . It is true that the best sorts of painting , as well as the best sorts of poetry , are not much understood in that sphere .
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Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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| Title | The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical Essays |
| Editor | John L. Mahoney |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0669023213, 9780669023213 |
| Length | 765 pages |
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