Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... case of a risible impropriety , which is al- ways flight , the contempt we have for the offender is extremely faint , though derifion , its gratification , is extremely pleasant . This difproportion betwixt a paffion and its grati ...
... case of a risible impropriety , which is al- ways flight , the contempt we have for the offender is extremely faint , though derifion , its gratification , is extremely pleasant . This difproportion betwixt a paffion and its grati ...
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... case of friendship . When gra- titude is warm , it animates the mind ; but it fcarce rifes to dignity . Joy bestows dig- nity when it proceeds from an elevated cause . So far as I can gather from induction , dignity is not a property of ...
... case of friendship . When gra- titude is warm , it animates the mind ; but it fcarce rifes to dignity . Joy bestows dig- nity when it proceeds from an elevated cause . So far as I can gather from induction , dignity is not a property of ...
Page 36
... because of their fingular and extenfive utility . In some cases they arise to a confiderable dig- nity . The very lowest pleasures of the kind , nity . 36 DIGNITY AND MEANNESS . Ch . XI . important. Having endeavoured to affign ...
... because of their fingular and extenfive utility . In some cases they arise to a confiderable dig- nity . The very lowest pleasures of the kind , nity . 36 DIGNITY AND MEANNESS . Ch . XI . important. Having endeavoured to affign ...
Page 41
... case of Vir- gil Traveftie * . And it is the cafe of the Secchia Rapita + . The authors laugh first at every turn , in order to make their readers laugh . The Lutrin is a burlefque poem of : the other fort . The author Boileau , lays ...
... case of Vir- gil Traveftie * . And it is the cafe of the Secchia Rapita + . The authors laugh first at every turn , in order to make their readers laugh . The Lutrin is a burlefque poem of : the other fort . The author Boileau , lays ...
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... case of a moderate pleasure , yet that a generic habit may be formed with respect to every fort of pleasure , moderate or immoderate , that can be gratified by a variety of objects indiffer- ently . The only difference is , that any par ...
... case of a moderate pleasure , yet that a generic habit may be formed with respect to every fort of pleasure , moderate or immoderate , that can be gratified by a variety of objects indiffer- ently . The only difference is , that any par ...
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