..." It is certain;" says the author last quoted, very justly *, " that the same object of dis" tress which pleases in a tragedy, were it really set " before us, would give the most unfeigned uneasi" ness, though it be then the most effectual cure of " languor and indolence." And it is more...

...in its full extent, this solution, however ingenious and satisfactory it may appear. It is certain, that the same object of distress which pleases in...before us, would give the most unfeigned uneasiness; though it be then the most effectual cure of langour and indolence. Monsieur Fontenelle seems to have...

...in its full extent, this solution, however ingenious and satisfactory it may appear. It is certain, that the same object of distress, which pleases in...before us, would give the most unfeigned uneasiness ; though it be then the most effectual cure to languor and indolence. Monsieur FONTENELLE seems to...

...you only excite horror and aversion. " It is certain," says the author last quoted, 'very justly *, " that the same object of " distress which pleases in...really " set before us, would give the most unfeigned un" easiness, though it be then the most effectual cure " of languor and indolence." And it is more...

...in its fall extent, this solution, however ingenious and satisfactory it may appear. It is certain, that the same object of distress, which pleases in...before us, would give the most unfeigned uneasiness ; though it be then the most effectual cure to languor and indolence. Monsieur Fontenelle seems to...

...however ingenious and satisfactory it may appear. It is certain, that the same object of dis tress, which pleases in a tragedy, were it really set before us, would give the most unfeigned uneasiness, though it be then the most effectual cure to languor and indolence." This objection seems not to be...

...of unmerited suffering is , beheld with no delight, but with unmixed pain, by every well-constituted mind. Hume,* therefore, justly observes, that " the...historical narration, that Burke gets into error here. • Essay on Tragedy. " We do not," says Burke, " sufficiently distinguish what we would by no means...

...you only excite horror and aversion. " It is certain," says the author last quoted, very justlyi, " that the same object of distress which pleases in...before us, would give the most unfeigned uneasiness, though it be then the most effectual cure of languor and indolence." And it is more than barely possible,...

...expose its fallacy. In relation to events of this kind, there are three very distinct cases—real occurrence, subsequent inspection or historical narration,...what we would by no means choose to do [or to see done—he should have added] from what we should be eager enough to see if it was once done. We delight...

...you only excite horror and aversion. " It is certain," says the author last quoted, very justly,* " that the same object of distress which pleases in...before us, would give the most unfeigned uneasiness, though it be then the most effectual cure of languor and indolence." And it is more than barely possible,...