Essays, moral, political, and literary. Part IA. Millar, ... and A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, at Edinburgh., 1760 - 352 ページ |
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abfolute affection againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient arife arts authority beauty becauſe beſt betwixt cafe caufes cauſes character CICERO compariſon compofition confider confiderable conftitution defire delicacy difpofition eloquence ESSAY eſtabliſhed eſteemed factions fame favour fays fciences fecurity feems fenfe fenfible fentiments feven fhall fhould fince firſt fituation fociety fome forrow fpecies fpirit ftate ftill ftrong fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure genius greateſt happineſs hiftory himſelf houſe human impoffible induſtry inftances intereft itſelf laws leaſt lefs liberty magiftrates mankind manners meaſure ment mind minifter modern moft monarchy moſt muft muſt nation nature never obfervation objects occafion opinion oppofite paffion particular party perfon philofophers pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible polite polygamy prefent preſerve principles racters reafon reprefented ROMAN ſeem ſhall ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte temper thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion uſe utmoſt vice virtue WHIG whofe wiſdom
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337 ページ - I am apt to suspect the negroes, and in general all the other species of men (for there are four or five different kinds) to be naturally inferior to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation.
368 ページ - On the contrary, a thousand different sentiments excited by the same object are all right, because no sentiment represents what is really in the object. It only marks a certain conformity or relation between the object and the organs or faculties of the mind; and if that conformity did not really exist, the sentiment could never possibly have being.
27 ページ - So great is the force of laws, and of particular forms of government, and so little dependence have they on the humours and tempers of men, that consequences almost as general and certain may sometimes be deduced from them, as any which the mathematical sciences afford us.
384 ページ - They either labour under some defect, or are vitiated by some disorder; and by that means, excite a sentiment, which may be pronounced erroneous. When the critic has no delicacy, he judges without any distinction, and is only affected by the grosser and more palpable...
25 ページ - Were it once admitted, that all governments are alike, and that the only difference consists in the character and conduct of the governors, most political disputes would be at an end, and all Zeal for one constitution above another must be esteemed mere bigotry and folly. But, though...
387 ページ - Though men of delicate taste be rare, they are easily to be distinguished in society by the soundness of their understanding, and the superiority of their faculties above the rest of mankind. The ascendant, which they acquire, gives a prevalence to that lively approbation with which they receive any productions of genius, and renders it generally predominant. Many men, when left to themselves, have but a faint and dubious perception of beauty, who yet are capable of relishing any fine stroke which...
375 ページ - Though it be certain that beauty and deformity, more than sweet and bitter, are not qualities in objects, but belong entirely to the sentiment, internal or external; it must be allowed, that there are certain qualities in objects, which are fitted by nature to produce those particular feelings.
374 ページ - It is with good reason, says Sancho to the squire with the great nose, that I pretend to have a judgment in wine: This is a quality hereditary in our family. Two of my kinsmen were once called to give their opinion of a hogshead, which was supposed to be excellent, being old and of a good vintage. One of them tastes it, considers it; and, after mature reflection, pronounces the wine to be good, were it not for a small taste of leather which he perceived in it. The...
370 ページ - He charms by the force and clearness of his expression, by the readiness and variety of his inventions, and by his natural pictures of the passions, especially those of the gay and amorous kind : And however his faults may diminish our satisfaction, they are not able entirely to destroy it.
372 ページ - The same Homer, who pleased at Athens and Rome two thousand years ago, is still admired at Paris and at London. All the changes of climate, government, religion, and language, have not been able to obscure his glory. Authority or prejudice may give a temporary vogue to a bad poet or orator; but his reputation will never be durable or general.