Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... emotions . An emotion of this kind fometimes vanifheth without any consequence ; but more fre- quently is the occafion of other emotions . See act 1. fc . 2 . When When any flight incongruity is perceived in an accidental combination 12 ...
... emotions . An emotion of this kind fometimes vanifheth without any consequence ; but more fre- quently is the occafion of other emotions . See act 1. fc . 2 . When When any flight incongruity is perceived in an accidental combination 12 ...
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... emotion gene- rates in the author both self - esteem and joy ; the former when he confiders his relation to the action , and the latter when he confider's the good opinion that others will entertain of him . The fame emotion of ...
... emotion gene- rates in the author both self - esteem and joy ; the former when he confiders his relation to the action , and the latter when he confider's the good opinion that others will entertain of him . The fame emotion of ...
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... emotion of impropriety , produceth in the fpectators , contempt for the author of the action ; and it also produceth , by means of contraft when they think of themselves , an emotion of felf - efteem . Here then are many different emotions ...
... emotion of impropriety , produceth in the fpectators , contempt for the author of the action ; and it also produceth , by means of contraft when they think of themselves , an emotion of felf - efteem . Here then are many different emotions ...
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... emotions of contempt and of laughter occafioned by an impropriety of this kind , uniting intimately in the mind of the fpec- tator , are expreffed externally by a peculiar fort of laugh , termed a laugh of derifion or fcorn * . An ...
... emotions of contempt and of laughter occafioned by an impropriety of this kind , uniting intimately in the mind of the fpec- tator , are expreffed externally by a peculiar fort of laugh , termed a laugh of derifion or fcorn * . An ...
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... emotion partaking both of deri- fion and of anger . This accounts for an expreffion , common with refpect to the im- propriety of fome actions , That we know not whether to laugh or be angry . It cannot fail to be obferved , that in the ...
... emotion partaking both of deri- fion and of anger . This accounts for an expreffion , common with refpect to the im- propriety of fome actions , That we know not whether to laugh or be angry . It cannot fail to be obferved , that in the ...
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accent againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt beſtow betwixt cafe caufe cauſe chap circumſtance clofe cloſe compofed compofition connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparation fhall fhort fyllables fignification fingle fion firft firſt fome ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient greateſt habit hath Hexameter himſelf Hudibras impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf Jane Shore laft language laſt lefs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite paffage paffion pain paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced propriety puniſh purpoſe raiſed reaſon reliſh reſemblance reſpect rhyme ridicule rule ſcarce ſenſe ſeparate ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome ſpectator Spondees ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe ther theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words