Elements of Criticism, Volume 1A. Kincaid, 1774 - Criticism |
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Page 83
... external signs of anger , will be handled more particularly in the chapter of the external figns of emotions and passions . Fear provides for felf - prefervation by flying from harm ; anger , by repelling it . Nothing indeed can be ...
... external signs of anger , will be handled more particularly in the chapter of the external figns of emotions and passions . Fear provides for felf - prefervation by flying from harm ; anger , by repelling it . Nothing indeed can be ...
Page 139
... external signs of fuch paffions are painful ; the looks and gestures to the eye , and the tone of pronunciation to the ear : fuch tones therefore can never be expreffed musically , for mufic must be pleasant , or it is not mufic . On ...
... external signs of fuch paffions are painful ; the looks and gestures to the eye , and the tone of pronunciation to the ear : fuch tones therefore can never be expreffed musically , for mufic must be pleasant , or it is not mufic . On ...
Page 425
... description of the Hottentotes ; but fuch manners will not intereft our affections , nor attach us to the perfonages represented . CHAP . 426 CHAP . XV . EXTERNAL SIGNS OF EMOTIONS AND Ch . XIV . CUSTOM AND HABIT . 425.
... description of the Hottentotes ; but fuch manners will not intereft our affections , nor attach us to the perfonages represented . CHAP . 426 CHAP . XV . EXTERNAL SIGNS OF EMOTIONS AND Ch . XIV . CUSTOM AND HABIT . 425.
Page 426
... external appearance peculiar to itself * . These external appearances or signs , may not improperly be con- fidered as a natural language , expreffing to all be- holders emotions and paffions as they arise in the heart . Hope , fear ...
... external appearance peculiar to itself * . These external appearances or signs , may not improperly be con- fidered as a natural language , expreffing to all be- holders emotions and paffions as they arise in the heart . Hope , fear ...
Page 427
... external fign is indeed visible ; but to understand its mean- ing we must be able to connect it with the paffion that causes it , an operation far beyond the reach of eye - fight . Where then is the ... EXTERNAL SIGNS , & c . 427 *
... external fign is indeed visible ; but to understand its mean- ing we must be able to connect it with the paffion that causes it , an operation far beyond the reach of eye - fight . Where then is the ... EXTERNAL SIGNS , & c . 427 *
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