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... observations furnish ma- terials for instituting a comparison between the syn- thetic and analytic methods of reasoning . The syn- thetic , descending from principles to consequences , is more agreeable to the strictness of order ; in ...
... observations furnish ma- terials for instituting a comparison between the syn- thetic and analytic methods of reasoning . The syn- thetic , descending from principles to consequences , is more agreeable to the strictness of order ; in ...
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... observed among writers with regard to the present point ; particularly , no care is taken to distinguish agreeable from pleasant , disa- greeable from painful ; or rather these terms are deem- ed synonymous . This is an error not at all ...
... observed among writers with regard to the present point ; particularly , no care is taken to distinguish agreeable from pleasant , disa- greeable from painful ; or rather these terms are deem- ed synonymous . This is an error not at all ...
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... work . A few general observations shall at present suffice , leaving the subject to be prosecuted more particularly afterward , when occasion offers . There is no truth more universally known , than that 42 ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM .
... work . A few general observations shall at present suffice , leaving the subject to be prosecuted more particularly afterward , when occasion offers . There is no truth more universally known , than that 42 ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM .
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... observed above , hath such influence over us , as to give a false light to all its objects . Agreeable passions prepossess the mind in favor of their objects , and disagreeable passions , no less against their objects : a woman is all ...
... observed above , hath such influence over us , as to give a false light to all its objects . Agreeable passions prepossess the mind in favor of their objects , and disagreeable passions , no less against their objects : a woman is all ...
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... observation has not been made by any writer . Motion , in its different circumstances , is productive of feelings that resem- ble it : sluggish motion produces a languid feeling ; slow motion , a calm feeling ; brisk motion , a lively ...
... observation has not been made by any writer . Motion , in its different circumstances , is productive of feelings that resem- ble it : sluggish motion produces a languid feeling ; slow motion , a calm feeling ; brisk motion , a lively ...
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Page 183 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Page 54 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 58 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Page 71 - It must not be : if Cassio do remain, ' He hath a daily beauty in his life, That makes me ugly ; and, besides, the Moor May unfold me to him ; there stand I in much peril : No, he must die : — But so, I hear him coming.
Page 230 - 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...
Page 202 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Page 229 - But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear And know what 'tis to pity and be pitied, Let gentleness my strong enforcement be : In the which hope I blush, and hide my sword.
Page 56 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Page 234 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 220 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day with patient expectation To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...