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justifying the unsuccessful battle of Cheronea, tlm qu'il mourut 

 of Corneille are indeed striking instances of magnanimity, 

 but cannot be denominated sublime. 



31'. The pains derived from vision, when not of the sym- 

 pathetic kind, are but few : namely, that arising from a view 

 of deformed objects (and this may easily be avoided) and the 

 horror felt on a near approach to precipices ;— and even this 

 ceases in persons long accustomed to such views. 



SI*". The pleasures of the imagination are for the most part 

 derived from a mental representation of beauteous objects, 

 attended with pleasing associations ; more rarely from repre- 

 sentations of the sublime, frequently from delusive visions of 

 future happiness, or of prosperous events, often from the 

 contemplation of scenes suggested by real or fabulous histo- 

 ries. Its countervailing pains are numerous, and much more 

 intense since they lead to insanity, and often to the most 

 direful superstition. 



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