Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... become a laudable entertainment . They are not , however , set on a level with the purely intellectual ; being no ... becomes painful by overstraining the mind . Cessation from such exercise gives not instant relief : it is necessary ...
... become a laudable entertainment . They are not , however , set on a level with the purely intellectual ; being no ... becomes painful by overstraining the mind . Cessation from such exercise gives not instant relief : it is necessary ...
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... become a rational science ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refinement . Manifold are the advantages of criticism , when thus studied as a rational science . In the first place , a thorough acquaintance with ...
... become a rational science ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refinement . Manifold are the advantages of criticism , when thus studied as a rational science . In the first place , a thorough acquaintance with ...
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... becomes a subject of thought , it com- monly suggests many of its connections . Among these a choice is afforded : we can insist upon one , rejecting others ; and sometimes we insist on what is commonly held the slighter connection ...
... becomes a subject of thought , it com- monly suggests many of its connections . Among these a choice is afforded : we can insist upon one , rejecting others ; and sometimes we insist on what is commonly held the slighter connection ...
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... become sufficiently strong to occa- sion desire , it loses its name of emotion , and acquires that of passion . The same holds in all the other passions . The painful feeling raised in a spectator by a slight injury done to a stranger ...
... become sufficiently strong to occa- sion desire , it loses its name of emotion , and acquires that of passion . The same holds in all the other passions . The painful feeling raised in a spectator by a slight injury done to a stranger ...
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... becomes thereby the object of my resentment . Thus the cause of a passion , and its object , are the same in different respects . An emotion , on the other hand , being in its nature quiescent , and merely a passive feeling , must have ...
... becomes thereby the object of my resentment . Thus the cause of a passion , and its object , are the same in different respects . An emotion , on the other hand , being in its nature quiescent , and merely a passive feeling , must have ...
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