Elements of Criticism, Volume 1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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... raise Emo- tions and Paffions , 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Joy and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Virtue , and its caufe , 5. In many inftances one Emotion is productive of another . - The fame of Paffions , 35 52 57 . 61 66 Chap ...
... raise Emo- tions and Paffions , 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Joy and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Virtue , and its caufe , 5. In many inftances one Emotion is productive of another . - The fame of Paffions , 35 52 57 . 61 66 Chap ...
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... raised in us by external objects , thofe only of the eye and the ear are honoured with the name of paffion or ... raise emotions and paffions . To those who would excel in the fine arts , that branch of know- ledge is indifpenfible ; for ...
... raised in us by external objects , thofe only of the eye and the ear are honoured with the name of paffion or ... raise emotions and paffions . To those who would excel in the fine arts , that branch of know- ledge is indifpenfible ; for ...
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... mentioned , raise emotions by means of their properties and qualities : to the e- motion raised by a large river , its fize , its force , and and its fluency , contributes each a share : the 36 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch . II .
... mentioned , raise emotions by means of their properties and qualities : to the e- motion raised by a large river , its fize , its force , and and its fluency , contributes each a share : the 36 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch . II .
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... raised by the building . If external properties be agreeable , we have reason to expect the fame from those which ... raise pleasant emotions in the spectator , without the least reflection ; fuch as graceful motion , and genteel ...
... raised by the building . If external properties be agreeable , we have reason to expect the fame from those which ... raise pleasant emotions in the spectator , without the least reflection ; fuch as graceful motion , and genteel ...
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... feparated from the subject . Hence it must be evident , that emotions are raifed , not by qualities abstractly confidered , but by the fubftance or Emotions are raised in us , not only by the 38 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch . II .
... feparated from the subject . Hence it must be evident , that emotions are raifed , not by qualities abstractly confidered , but by the fubftance or Emotions are raised in us , not only by the 38 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Ch . II .
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