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... Emotions and Paffions , Part 1. Caufes unfolded of the Emotions and Paffions : Sect . 1. Difference between Emotion and Paffion . - Caufes that are the moft common and the most ge- neral . - Paffion confidered as productive of Action ...
... Emotions and Paffions , Part 1. Caufes unfolded of the Emotions and Paffions : Sect . 1. Difference between Emotion and Paffion . - Caufes that are the moft common and the most ge- neral . - Paffion confidered as productive of Action ...
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... Emotions caused by Fiction , 2. Emotions and Paffions as pleafant and painful , agreeable and difagreeable . -Modification of thefe Qualities , 3. Interrupted Existence of Emotions and Paffions . - Their Growth and De- cay , 4 ...
... Emotions caused by Fiction , 2. Emotions and Paffions as pleafant and painful , agreeable and difagreeable . -Modification of thefe Qualities , 3. Interrupted Existence of Emotions and Paffions . - Their Growth and De- cay , 4 ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. CHA P. II . EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . 33 O F all the feelings raised in us by external objects , thofe only of the eye and the ear are honoured with the name of paffion or emotion : the moft pleafing feelings of ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. CHA P. II . EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . 33 O F all the feelings raised in us by external objects , thofe only of the eye and the ear are honoured with the name of paffion or emotion : the moft pleafing feelings of ...
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... Emotions and Paffions . SECT . I. Difference between Emotion and Paffion.- Caufes that are the most common and the moft general.Paffion confidered as produc- tive of Action . HESE branches are fo interwoven , that they TH cannot be ...
... Emotions and Paffions . SECT . I. Difference between Emotion and Paffion.- Caufes that are the most common and the moft general.Paffion confidered as produc- tive of Action . HESE branches are fo interwoven , that they TH cannot be ...
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... emotion , leads to a more extensive view of the fubject . Such is our nature , that upon perceiving certain external ... emotions : a barren heath , a dirty marfh , a rotten carcafe , raife painful emotions . Of the emotions thus ...
... emotion , leads to a more extensive view of the fubject . Such is our nature , that upon perceiving certain external ... emotions : a barren heath , a dirty marfh , a rotten carcafe , raife painful emotions . Of the emotions thus ...
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