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... Propriety , 259 265 XI . Dignity and Grace , 278 · XII . Ridicule , 288 XIII . Wit , 299 XIV . Custom and Habit , 315 XV . External Signs of Emotions and Passions , 334 XVI . Sentiments , 353 XVII . Language of Passion , 386 Chap ...
... Propriety , 259 265 XI . Dignity and Grace , 278 · XII . Ridicule , 288 XIII . Wit , 299 XIV . Custom and Habit , 315 XV . External Signs of Emotions and Passions , 334 XVI . Sentiments , 353 XVII . Language of Passion , 386 Chap ...
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... propriety . The science of rational criticism tends to improve the heart no less than the understanding . It tends , in the first place , to moderate the selfish affections : by sweet- ening and harmonising the temper , it is a strong ...
... propriety . The science of rational criticism tends to improve the heart no less than the understanding . It tends , in the first place , to moderate the selfish affections : by sweet- ening and harmonising the temper , it is a strong ...
Page xxv
... propriety never fails to be punished with shame and remorse . * Rude ages exhibit the triumph of authority over rea- son : Philosophers anciently were divided into sects , be- ing Epicureans , Platonists , Stoics , Pythagoreans , or ...
... propriety never fails to be punished with shame and remorse . * Rude ages exhibit the triumph of authority over rea- son : Philosophers anciently were divided into sects , be- ing Epicureans , Platonists , Stoics , Pythagoreans , or ...
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... propriety , and conve- nience , of a fine building , contribute each to the emotion raised by the building . If external properties be agreeable , we have reason to expect the same from those which are internal ; and , ac- cordingly ...
... propriety , and conve- nience , of a fine building , contribute each to the emotion raised by the building . If external properties be agreeable , we have reason to expect the same from those which are internal ; and , ac- cordingly ...
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... raised by sen- timents expressed in words pronounced with propriety and grace ; and such music may justly be termed sentimental . peevishness , or of any other dissocial passion ; wit- Part 4. ] 121 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS .
... raised by sen- timents expressed in words pronounced with propriety and grace ; and such music may justly be termed sentimental . peevishness , or of any other dissocial passion ; wit- Part 4. ] 121 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS .
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Page 379 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
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