Elements of Criticism, Том 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... ourselves . This contri- butes , more than any other article , to the pleasure we feel in ridiculing the follies and abfurdities VOL . II . C abfurdities of others . And accordingly , it is well Ch . X. 17 AND PROPRIETY .
... ourselves . This contri- butes , more than any other article , to the pleasure we feel in ridiculing the follies and abfurdities VOL . II . C abfurdities of others . And accordingly , it is well Ch . X. 17 AND PROPRIETY .
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... pleasure of ridicule , without borrowing any aid from contempt . Hence appears the reafon of a noted obfervation , That we are the most disposed to ridicule the blunders and abfurdities of others , when we are in high fpirits ; for in ...
... pleasure of ridicule , without borrowing any aid from contempt . Hence appears the reafon of a noted obfervation , That we are the most disposed to ridicule the blunders and abfurdities of others , when we are in high fpirits ; for in ...
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... pleasures and amuse- ments . If they enlarge the mind by raising grand or elevated emotions , or if they hu- manize the mind by exercifing our fympa- thy , they are approved as fuited to our na- ture : if they contract the mind by ...
... pleasures and amuse- ments . If they enlarge the mind by raising grand or elevated emotions , or if they hu- manize the mind by exercifing our fympa- thy , they are approved as fuited to our na- ture : if they contract the mind by ...
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... Pleasure felt as at the organ of fense , named corporeal pleasure , is perceived to be low ; and when indulged to excess , beyond what nature demands , is perceived alfo to be mean . Perfons therefore of any delicacy , diffemble the ...
... Pleasure felt as at the organ of fense , named corporeal pleasure , is perceived to be low ; and when indulged to excess , beyond what nature demands , is perceived alfo to be mean . Perfons therefore of any delicacy , diffemble the ...
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... pleasures of the under- standing , which possess a high rank in point of dignity . Of this every one will be fen- fible , when he confiders the important truths that have been laid open by fcience ; fuch as general theorems , and the ...
... pleasures of the under- standing , which possess a high rank in point of dignity . Of this every one will be fen- fible , when he confiders the important truths that have been laid open by fcience ; fuch as general theorems , and the ...
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Страница 219 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
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Страница 219 - Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
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