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action Æneid agreeable anger animal love appear appetite arts beauty burlesque Cæsar chapter circumstances colour connexion degree dignity disagreeable distress doth effect elevation emotion raised emotions and passions emotions produced example expression external signs Falstaff feeling figure final cause give grandeur gratification habit hand hath Hence Henry IV Hudibras Iago ideal presence ideas Iliad impression inflamed influence jects Julius Cæsar kind King Lear king of Leon less manner means mind motion never nexion novelty objects of sight observation occasion opposite Othello painful emotion painful passion Paradise Lost perceive perceptions person pity pleasant emotion pleasure present principle produceth propensity proper proportion propriety punish qualities racter reason reflection relation relish remarkable resemblance respect ridicule riety risible scarce Sejanus selfish sense sensible sentiments Shakspeare sion slight spectator sublime surprise taste termed things thou thought tion tural uniformity variety words
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