 ALL joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realises the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in 'the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate;...  The Rambler - Page 381by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Carl Edmund Rollyson - 2005 - 321 pages
...sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however...by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortunes we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever emotions would... | |
 | Janet Todd - 2006 - 3 pages
...sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however...by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortunes we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever emotions would... | |
 | William Flesch - 2007 - 272 pages
...Sorrow for the Happiness or Calamities of others is produced by an Act of the lmagination, that realises the Event however fictitious, or approximates it however...by placing us, for a Time, in the Condition of him whose Fortune we contemplate; so that we feel, while the Deception lasts, whatever Motions would be... | |
 | Helga Schwalm - 2007 - 422 pages
...sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the Imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however...by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be... | |
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