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PartHI. EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS. 117
so loose are we in that way of thinking , that many
passions are reckoned the same even aster a change
os object; which is the case os all passions that
proceed from some peculiar propensity : envy, for
example, is considered to be the same passion, not
only while it is directed to the same pcrsoii , but
even where it comprehends many persons at once :
pride and malice are examples os the same. So
much was necessary to be said upon the identity of
a passion and emotion , in order to prepare for exa-
mining their growth and decay.
The growth and decay of paffions and emotions,
traced through all their mazes , is a subjeCl too
extensive sor an undertaking like the present : I
pretend only to give a cursory view of it, such as
may be necessary for the purposes of criticism.
Some emotions are producedin their utmost per-
section, and have a very short endurance; which
is the case os surprise, of wonder, and sometimes
of terror. Emotions raised by inanimate objects,
trees, rivers, buildings, pictures, arrive at perfec-
tion almost instantaneoussy ; and they have a long
endurance , a second view producing nearly the
same pleasure with the first. Love, hatred, and
some other passions, swell gradually to a certain
pitch ; aster which they decay gradually. Envy,
malice, pride, scarce ever decay. Some passions,
such as gratitude and revenge, are often exhausted
by a single ad of gratification : other passions, such
as pride, malice, envy, love, hatred, are not so
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so loose are we in that way of thinking , that many
passions are reckoned the same even aster a change
os object; which is the case os all passions that
proceed from some peculiar propensity : envy, for
example, is considered to be the same passion, not
only while it is directed to the same pcrsoii , but
even where it comprehends many persons at once :
pride and malice are examples os the same. So
much was necessary to be said upon the identity of
a passion and emotion , in order to prepare for exa-
mining their growth and decay.
The growth and decay of paffions and emotions,
traced through all their mazes , is a subjeCl too
extensive sor an undertaking like the present : I
pretend only to give a cursory view of it, such as
may be necessary for the purposes of criticism.
Some emotions are producedin their utmost per-
section, and have a very short endurance; which
is the case os surprise, of wonder, and sometimes
of terror. Emotions raised by inanimate objects,
trees, rivers, buildings, pictures, arrive at perfec-
tion almost instantaneoussy ; and they have a long
endurance , a second view producing nearly the
same pleasure with the first. Love, hatred, and
some other passions, swell gradually to a certain
pitch ; aster which they decay gradually. Envy,
malice, pride, scarce ever decay. Some passions,
such as gratitude and revenge, are often exhausted
by a single ad of gratification : other passions, such
as pride, malice, envy, love, hatred, are not so
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