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Page 49
... surprised at the blindness of fome philofophers , who , by dark and confused notions , are led to deny all motives 4 This word , hitherto not in ufe , feems to fulfil all that is required by Demetrius Phalereus [ Of Elocution fett . 96 ...
... surprised at the blindness of fome philofophers , who , by dark and confused notions , are led to deny all motives 4 This word , hitherto not in ufe , feems to fulfil all that is required by Demetrius Phalereus [ Of Elocution fett . 96 ...
Page 55
... surprised to hear fuch influence attributed to mufic , when , with respect to another of the fine arts , he finds a living inftance of an in- fluence no less powerful . It is unhappily indeed the reverfe of the former ; for it has done ...
... surprised to hear fuch influence attributed to mufic , when , with respect to another of the fine arts , he finds a living inftance of an in- fluence no less powerful . It is unhappily indeed the reverfe of the former ; for it has done ...
Page 102
... surprise by being unexpected , and yet are na- tural , enliven greatly an epic poem : but in fuch a poem , if it pretend to copy human manners and actions , no improbable incident ought to be ad- mitted ; that is no incident contrary to ...
... surprise by being unexpected , and yet are na- tural , enliven greatly an epic poem : but in fuch a poem , if it pretend to copy human manners and actions , no improbable incident ought to be ad- mitted ; that is no incident contrary to ...
Page 264
... surprised . It appears , then , that the fole ef- fect of furprife is to fwell the emotion raised by the object . And that effect can be clearly ex- plained : a tide of connected perceptions , glide gently into the mind , and produce no ...
... surprised . It appears , then , that the fole ef- fect of furprife is to fwell the emotion raised by the object . And that effect can be clearly ex- plained : a tide of connected perceptions , glide gently into the mind , and produce no ...
Page 283
... surprise . That refemblance and diffimilitude have an en- livening effect upon objects of fight , is made fuf- ficiently evident ; and that they have the fame ef- fect upon objects of the other fenfes , is alfo cer- tain . Nor is that ...
... surprise . That refemblance and diffimilitude have an en- livening effect upon objects of fight , is made fuf- ficiently evident ; and that they have the fame ef- fect upon objects of the other fenfes , is alfo cer- tain . Nor is that ...
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