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... felt at Dramatic Exhibitions . 31. Pity melting the Mind to Love . 32. Only when Sympathy is with Energies of Mind . 33. Active and Passive Courage . 34. Weakness . False Delicacy . 35. Timidity . Modesty . 36. Pliability . Stubbornness ...
... felt at Dramatic Exhibitions . 31. Pity melting the Mind to Love . 32. Only when Sympathy is with Energies of Mind . 33. Active and Passive Courage . 34. Weakness . False Delicacy . 35. Timidity . Modesty . 36. Pliability . Stubbornness ...
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... felt to be so : and though opinions may , by argument or demonstration , be proved to be wrong , how shall an individual pretend to prove the feel- ings of a whole age or nation wrong , when the only just criterion which he can apply to ...
... felt to be so : and though opinions may , by argument or demonstration , be proved to be wrong , how shall an individual pretend to prove the feel- ings of a whole age or nation wrong , when the only just criterion which he can apply to ...
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... felt from this sensation , which has thus become stale and vapid . 7. If this desire of change be indulged to excess , men soon begin to require an increase in the degree , as well as variation in the mode , of irritation ; whence ...
... felt from this sensation , which has thus become stale and vapid . 7. If this desire of change be indulged to excess , men soon begin to require an increase in the degree , as well as variation in the mode , of irritation ; whence ...
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... felt and considered as a corruption , even by those who are most corrupted : for though there are many , who prefer port wine to malmsey , and tobacco to sugar , yet no one ever spoke of a sour or bitter temper , as pleasant , or of a ...
... felt and considered as a corruption , even by those who are most corrupted : for though there are many , who prefer port wine to malmsey , and tobacco to sugar , yet no one ever spoke of a sour or bitter temper , as pleasant , or of a ...
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... felt , though he did not know that , in the description , it is the power only , and in the reality , the sensation only , that affects the mind , or is at all perceived by it . But of this more hereafter : at present I shall merely ob ...
... felt , though he did not know that , in the description , it is the power only , and in the reality , the sensation only , that affects the mind , or is at all perceived by it . But of this more hereafter : at present I shall merely ob ...
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Page 349 - Above them all the archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd; and care Sat on his faded cheek; but under brows .Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion...
Page 389 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.
Page 390 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 344 - Be innocent of the knowledge , dearest chuck , Till thou applaud the deed. — Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!
Page 389 - She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs That tear'st the bowels of thy mangled mate, From thee be born, who o'er thy country hangs The scourge of heaven! What terrors round him wait! Amazement in his van, with flight combined, And sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.
Page 391 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 9 - Bush, I do not know whether I am singular in my Opinion, but, for my own part, I would rather look upon a Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffusion of Boughs and Branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a Mathematical Figure; and cannot but fancy that an Orchard in Flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little Labyrinths of the most finished Parterre...
Page 389 - Mighty victor, mighty lord, Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
Page 120 - With all perfections, so inflame my sense With ardour to enjoy thee, fairer now Than ever, bounty of this virtuous tree. So said he, and forbore not glance or toy Of amorous intent, well understood Of Eve, whose eye darted contagious fire. Her hand he...
Page 363 - When danger or pain press too nearly, they are incapable of giving any delight, and are simply terrible; but at certain distances, and with certain modifications, they may be, and they are delightful, as we every day experience.