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Pàgina xiv
... 288 XIII . Wit , 299 XIV . Custom and Habit , 315 XV . External Signs of Emotions and Passions , 334 XVI . Sentiments , 353 XVII . Language of Passion , 386 Chap . VOLUME II . XVIII . Beauty of Language XIV CONTENTS .
... 288 XIII . Wit , 299 XIV . Custom and Habit , 315 XV . External Signs of Emotions and Passions , 334 XVI . Sentiments , 353 XVII . Language of Passion , 386 Chap . VOLUME II . XVIII . Beauty of Language XIV CONTENTS .
Pàgina xxii
... habit ; and a ha- bit , strengthening the reasoning faculties , prepares the mind for entering into subjects more intricate and abstract . To have , in that respect , a just conception of the import- ance of criticism , we need but ...
... habit ; and a ha- bit , strengthening the reasoning faculties , prepares the mind for entering into subjects more intricate and abstract . To have , in that respect , a just conception of the import- ance of criticism , we need but ...
Pàgina 65
... habit . We approve every virtuous action , and bestow our affec- tion on the author ; but if virtuous actions produced no other effect upon us , good example would not have great influence the sympathetic emotion under consideration ...
... habit . We approve every virtuous action , and bestow our affec- tion on the author ; but if virtuous actions produced no other effect upon us , good example would not have great influence the sympathetic emotion under consideration ...
Pàgina 95
... habit , as well as by principle . I now further observe , that examples confined to real events are not so frequent as without other means to pro- duce a habit of virtue : if they be , they are not recorded by historians . It therefore ...
... habit , as well as by principle . I now further observe , that examples confined to real events are not so frequent as without other means to pro- duce a habit of virtue : if they be , they are not recorded by historians . It therefore ...
Pàgina 102
... habit of peevishness and discontent . Social pains have a very different tendency the pain of sympathy , for exam- ple , is not only voluntary , but softens my temper , and raises me in my own esteem . Refined manners , and polite ...
... habit of peevishness and discontent . Social pains have a very different tendency the pain of sympathy , for exam- ple , is not only voluntary , but softens my temper , and raises me in my own esteem . Refined manners , and polite ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 133 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Pàgina 134 - If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain ; And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake : 'tis true, this god did shake...
Pàgina 178 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Pàgina 75 - I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Pàgina 188 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Pàgina 181 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pàgina 229 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? Or wallow naked in December snow By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? O no, the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse : Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more Than when it bites, but lanceth not the sore.
Pàgina 379 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Pàgina 138 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Pàgina 75 - Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels...