 | 1750 - 228 pages
...approximates it however remote, by placing us for a time in the condition VoL. III. H of of him whole fortune we contemplate ; fo that we feel, while the...the fame good or evil happening to ourfelves. ' Our paffions are therefore more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1763 - 292 pages
...realifes the,event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, m the condition of him whofe fortune we contemplate;...the fame good or evil happening to ourfelves. OUR paffions are therefore more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or... | |
 | M. S. - 1780 - 232 pages
...which* we know to be fiftitious : — or in the words of an elegant periodical writer, . * " Our paQions are therefore more " ftrongly moved, in proportion...the pains or « pleafure propofed to our minds, b'y reJ* cognifing them at once our own, o^ ** confidcring them as naturally- incident " to our own, ftate... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...condition of him whofe fortune we contemplate; fo that we feel, while the deception lafts, whatevtr motions would be excited by the fame good or evil happening to ourfelves. Our paffions are therefore more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whole fortune we contemplate ; fo that we feel, while the...more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily-adopt the pains or pleafure propofcd to our minds, by recognifing them as once our own, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whole fortune we contemplate ; fo that we feel, while the...good or evil happening to ourfelves. Our paflions afe therefore more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or pleafure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 pages
...ficYitious, or approximates it however rem'otq, by placirg us, for a time, in the condition of him whole fortune we contemplate; fo that we feel, while the...would be excited by the fame good or evil happening tdourftlves. Our pa'ffions are therefore more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...contain, Of vice and virtue more inflruftive rules, Than all the fober fages of the fchools' FR ASCII. ALL joy or forrow for the happinefs or calamities...the fame good or evil happening to ourfelves. Our paffions are therefore more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...for the happinefs or calamities of others is produced by an ac't of the imagination, that realifesr- the event, however fictitious, or approximates it...the fame good or evil happening to ourfelves. Our pa (fions are therefore more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or... | |
 | 1801 - 326 pages
...fi£titious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him c 6 whofe whofe fortune we contemplate ; fo that we feel, while...the fame good or evil happening to ourfelves. Our paffions are therefore more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or... | |
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Our passions are therefore more strongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or pleasure proposed to our minds, by recognising them as once our own, or considering them as naturally incident to our state of life. 
