Elements of Criticism, Volum 1Bell & Bradfute, 1817 - 515 pàgines |
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Pàgina 32
... circumstances now mentioned , if they raise an emotion or passion , cannot be entirely indiffe- rent ; for if so , they could not make any impression . And we find upon examination , that they are not indifferent looking back upon the ...
... circumstances now mentioned , if they raise an emotion or passion , cannot be entirely indiffe- rent ; for if so , they could not make any impression . And we find upon examination , that they are not indifferent looking back upon the ...
Pàgina 45
... circumstances make beings or things fit objects for desire , others not . This hint ought to be pursued . It is a truth ascertained by universal experience , that a thing which in our apprehension is beyond reach , never is the object ...
... circumstances make beings or things fit objects for desire , others not . This hint ought to be pursued . It is a truth ascertained by universal experience , that a thing which in our apprehension is beyond reach , never is the object ...
Pàgina 64
... circumstances , the completest that can be among individuals ; and therefore self - love , the most vigorous of all passions , is readily expand- ed upon children . The secondary emotion they produce by means of their connexion , is ...
... circumstances , the completest that can be among individuals ; and therefore self - love , the most vigorous of all passions , is readily expand- ed upon children . The secondary emotion they produce by means of their connexion , is ...
Pàgina 69
... circumstances . Pliny * gives an account of a woman of rank condemned to die for a crime ; and , to avoid public shame , detained in prison to die of hunger : her life being prolonged beyond expectation , it was discovered that she was ...
... circumstances . Pliny * gives an account of a woman of rank condemned to die for a crime ; and , to avoid public shame , detained in prison to die of hunger : her life being prolonged beyond expectation , it was discovered that she was ...
Pàgina 73
... circumstances . As far as deliberate , they fall in with the general system , and require no particular explanation : If any object have a threatening ap- pearance , reason suggests means to avoid the dan- ger : if a man be injured ...
... circumstances . As far as deliberate , they fall in with the general system , and require no particular explanation : If any object have a threatening ap- pearance , reason suggests means to avoid the dan- ger : if a man be injured ...
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