Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... sort . Thus feeling being the genus of which sen- sation is a species , their meaning is the same when applied to pleasure and pain felt at the organ of sense and accordingly we say indif- ferently , " I feel pleasure from heat , and ...
... sort . Thus feeling being the genus of which sen- sation is a species , their meaning is the same when applied to pleasure and pain felt at the organ of sense and accordingly we say indif- ferently , " I feel pleasure from heat , and ...
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... sort of creative power : he can fabricate images of things that have no existence . The materials employed in this operation are ideas of sight , which he can take to pieces and combine into new forms at pleasure : their complexity and ...
... sort of creative power : he can fabricate images of things that have no existence . The materials employed in this operation are ideas of sight , which he can take to pieces and combine into new forms at pleasure : their complexity and ...
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... sort of ab- straction ; and it is of the most extensive use , by enabling us to comprehend in our reasoning whole kinds and sorts , instead of in- dividuals without end . The next sort of abstract terms comprehends a number of ...
... sort of ab- straction ; and it is of the most extensive use , by enabling us to comprehend in our reasoning whole kinds and sorts , instead of in- dividuals without end . The next sort of abstract terms comprehends a number of ...
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... sort of logic the practice of reasoning upon subjects so agreeable , tends to a habit ; and a habit , strengthening the reasoning faculties , prepares the mind for entering into subjects more intricate and abstract . To have , in that ...
... sort of logic the practice of reasoning upon subjects so agreeable , tends to a habit ; and a habit , strengthening the reasoning faculties , prepares the mind for entering into subjects more intricate and abstract . To have , in that ...
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... sort of retrograde motion , which is unpleasant . And here may be remarked the great influence of order upon the mind of man ; grandeur , which makes a deep impression inclines us , in running over any series , to proceed from small to ...
... sort of retrograde motion , which is unpleasant . And here may be remarked the great influence of order upon the mind of man ; grandeur , which makes a deep impression inclines us , in running over any series , to proceed from small to ...
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action Æneid agreeable appear beauty blank verse burlesque Cæsar chapter circumstance colors connected degree disagreeable distinguished distress effect elevation emotion raised epic poem epic poetry example expression external signs Falstaff feeling figure figure of speech final cause force garden give grandeur habit hath Hence Henry IV Hexameter Hudibras human ideas Iliad imagination impression instances Julius Cæsar kind language less Lord Kames manner means melody metaphor mind motion nature never novelty objects of sight observation occasion opposite ornaments Othello pain Paradise Lost passion pause peculiar perceive perceptions person pleasant emotion pleasure poem produceth propensity proper proportion qualities reason regularity relation relish remarkable resemblance respect rhyme Richard II ridicule risible rule sense sensible sentiments Shakspeare simile sound spectator sublime syllables taste termed thee things thou thought tion tone uniformity variety verse words writers