Elements of CriticismCollins and Hannay, 1830 - 476 páginas |
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... termed a passion ; and we have discovered , that there are many emotions which pass away without raising desire of any kind . How is the difficulty to be solved ? There appears to me but one solu- tion , which I relish the more , as it ...
... termed a passion ; and we have discovered , that there are many emotions which pass away without raising desire of any kind . How is the difficulty to be solved ? There appears to me but one solu- tion , which I relish the more , as it ...
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... termed pity : envy is emulation in excess ; if the exaltation of a competitor be barely dis- agreeable , the painful feeling is an emotion ; if it produce desire to oppress him , it is a passion . To prevent mistakes it must be observed ...
... termed pity : envy is emulation in excess ; if the exaltation of a competitor be barely dis- agreeable , the painful feeling is an emotion ; if it produce desire to oppress him , it is a passion . To prevent mistakes it must be observed ...
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... termed instinctive ; and when it is so moderate as to admit reason , and to prompt actions with a view to an end , it may in that state be termed deliberative . With respect to actions exerted as means to an end , desire to bring about ...
... termed instinctive ; and when it is so moderate as to admit reason , and to prompt actions with a view to an end , it may in that state be termed deliberative . With respect to actions exerted as means to an end , desire to bring about ...
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... termed dissocial . * When this analysis of human nature is considered , not one article of which can with truth be controverted , there is reason to be sur- prised at the blindness of some philosophers , who , by dark and con- fused ...
... termed dissocial . * When this analysis of human nature is considered , not one article of which can with truth be controverted , there is reason to be sur- prised at the blindness of some philosophers , who , by dark and con- fused ...
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... termed a passion ; and when the desire is fulfilled , the passion is said to be gratified . Now the gratification of every passion must be pleasant ; for no- thing can be more natural , than that the accomplishment of any wish or desire ...
... termed a passion ; and when the desire is fulfilled , the passion is said to be gratified . Now the gratification of every passion must be pleasant ; for no- thing can be more natural , than that the accomplishment of any wish or desire ...
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Página 42 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Página 290 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Página 384 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Página 131 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Página 76 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake ! His coward lips did from their colour...
Página 381 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Página 313 - Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Página 350 - And now go to ; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briars and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Página 369 - HUNG be the heavens with black , yield day to night! Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky ; And with them scourge the bad revolting stars, That have consented unto Henry's death ! Henry the fifth, too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth.
Página 332 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!