 The whole art of the poet is employed in rousing and supporting the compassion and indignation, the anxiety and resentment, of his audience. They are pleased in proportion as they are afflicted, and never are so happy as when they employ tears, sobs,...  Essays, moral, political, and literary - Page 211by David Hume - 1817Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - 1768 - 606 pages
...The few critics, who have had fome tincture of philofophy, "have remarked this fingular phsenomenon, and have endeavoured to account for -it. L'abbe DUBOS, in his reflections on poetry and painting, aflerts, that nothing is in general fo difagreeable to the mind as the languid, liftlefs ftate of indolence,... | |
 | 1802 - 442 pages
...resentment of his audience. They are pleased in proportion as they are afflicted, and never are so happy as when they employ tears, sobs, and cries, to give vent to their sorrow, and relieve their hearti swoln with the tenderest sympathy and compassion. The few critics, who have had some tincture... | |
 | 1826 - 670 pages
...also unfolds the reasons why they are pleased in proportion as they are afflicted, and never feel so happy as when they employ tears, sobs and cries, to give vent to their sorrow, and relieve their breasts, swollen with the tenderest sympathy and compassion. Each propensity and sentiment, then, may... | |
 | George Combe - 1830 - 738 pages
...resentment of his audience. They are pleased iu proportion as they arc afflicted, and never are so happy as when they employ tears, sobs and cries, to give vent to " Kssav 22. their sorrow, and relieve their hearts, swollen with the tenderest sympathy and compassion."... | |
 | George Combe - 1837 - 740 pages
...resentment of his audience. They are pleased in proportion as they are afflicted, and never are so happy as when they employ tears, sobs and cries, to give vent to their sorrow, and relieve their hearts, swollen with the tenderest sympathy and compassion." Many volumes have been written to solve... | |
 | George Combe - 1839 - 422 pages
...and resentment of his audience. They are pleased in proportion as they are affected, and never are so happy as when they employ tears, sobs and cries to give vent to their sorrow, and relieve their hearts, swollen with the tenderest sympathy and compassion." This enigma is explained by the remarks... | |
 | George Combe - 1842 - 524 pages
...his audience. They are pleased in proportion as they are afflicted, and never are so happy as whih they employ tears, sobs, and cries, to give vent to their sorrow, and relieve their hearts, swollen with the tcnderest sympathy and compassion." Many volumes have been written to solve... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 590 pages
...resentment, of his audience. They are pleased in proportion as they are afflicted, and never are so happy as when they employ tears, sobs, and cries,...philosophy have remarked this singular phenomenon, and have endeavored to account for it. L'Abbe Dubos, in his Reflections on Poetry and Painting, asserts, that... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 586 pages
...resentment, of his audience. They are pleased in proportion as they are afflicted, and never are so happy as when they employ tears, sobs, and cries,...philosophy have remarked this singular phenomenon, and have endeavored to account for it. L'Abbe Dubos, in his Reflections on Poetry and Painting, asserts, that... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 584 pages
...audience. They are pleased in proportion as they are afflicted, and never are so happy as when tbey employ tears, sobs, and cries, to give vent to their...philosophy have remarked this singular phenomenon, and have endeavored to account for it. I/ Abbe Dubos, in his Reflections on Poetry and Painting, asserts, that... | |
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