English Composition and Rhetoric, Part 2Longmans, Green & Company, 1892 - English language |
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... malignant pleasure that , in its unmixed form , would grate on other sensibilities of the mind . 4. Fear unalloyed is a painful passion , and ministers to pleasure only by reaction . For abating the pain of the state itself , and for ...
... malignant pleasure that , in its unmixed form , would grate on other sensibilities of the mind . 4. Fear unalloyed is a painful passion , and ministers to pleasure only by reaction . For abating the pain of the state itself , and for ...
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... Malignant Strength , a special group of examples will be given to represent the wide field of War or Conflict . Our maleficent pleasure has itself been traced back , with some plausibility , to the early struggle for existence ; the ...
... Malignant Strength , a special group of examples will be given to represent the wide field of War or Conflict . Our maleficent pleasure has itself been traced back , with some plausibility , to the early struggle for existence ; the ...
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... malignant chuckle , ' ' punishment , ' wrath , ' ' rancour , ' ' condemnation , ' glut your ire , ' ' make to smart , ' ' rebel , ' ' conspire , ' ' plot , ' ' intrigue , ' ' assassin , ' ' rise , ' ' pitiless , ' ' ruthless ...
... malignant chuckle , ' ' punishment , ' wrath , ' ' rancour , ' ' condemnation , ' glut your ire , ' ' make to smart , ' ' rebel , ' ' conspire , ' ' plot , ' ' intrigue , ' ' assassin , ' ' rise , ' ' pitiless , ' ' ruthless ...
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... of the passion allows this to be in a measure dis- pensed with . The more express artistic condition is to keep within the bounds that each age can tolerate , and to veil the nakedness of the malignant pleasure by pretexts ,
... of the passion allows this to be in a measure dis- pensed with . The more express artistic condition is to keep within the bounds that each age can tolerate , and to veil the nakedness of the malignant pleasure by pretexts ,
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Alexander Bain. veil the nakedness of the malignant pleasure by pretexts , diversion , poetic glitter and all the known means of refining the grosser kinds of pleasure . The foremost pretext for malignant infliction is always Retribution ...
Alexander Bain. veil the nakedness of the malignant pleasure by pretexts , diversion , poetic glitter and all the known means of refining the grosser kinds of pleasure . The foremost pretext for malignant infliction is always Retribution ...
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