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CONTENTS¹

VOLUME 1

Introduction,

Chap. 1. Perceptions and Ideas in a train,

Chap. 2. Emotions and Passions,

Part 1. Causes unfolded of the Emotions and Passions:

Sect. 1. Difference between Emotion and Passion.— Causes that are the most common and the most general.—Passion considered as productive of Action,

Sect. 2. Power of Sounds to raise Emotions and Passions,

Sect. 3. Causes of the Emotions of Joy and Sorrow,

Sect. 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Virtue, and its cause,

Sect. 5. In many instances one Emotion is productive of another. The same of Passions,<xiv>

Sect. 6. Causes of the Passions of Fear and Anger,

Sect. 7. Emotions caused by Fiction,

Part 2. Emotions and Passions as pleasant and painful, agreeable and disagreeable. Modifications of these Qualities,

Part 3. Interrupted Existence of Emotions and Passions.— Their Growth and Decay,

Part 4. Coexistent Emotions and Passions,

Part 5. Influence of Passion with respect to our Perceptions, Opinions, and Belief,

Appendix. Methods that Nature hath afforded for computing Time and Space,

Part 6. Resemblance of Emotions to their Causes,

Part 7. Final Causes of the more frequent Emotions and Passions,

Chap. 3. Beauty,

Chap. 4. Grandeur and Sublimity,

Chap. 5. Motion and Force,

Chap. 6. Novelty, and the unexpected appearance of Objects,

Chap. 7. Risible Objects,

Chap. 8. Resemblance and Dissimilitude,<xv>

Chap. 9. Uniformity and Variety,

Appendix. Concerning the Works of Nature, chiefly with respect to Uniformity and Variety,

Chap. 10. Congruity and Propriety,

Chap. 11. Dignity and Grace,

Chap. 12. Ridicule,

Chap. 13. Wit,

Chap. 14. Custom and Habit,

Chap. 15. External Signs of Emotions and Passions,

Chap. 16. Sentiments,

Chap. 17. Language of Passion,

VOLUME II

Chap. 18. Beauty of Language,

Sect. 1. Beauty of Language with respect to Sound,

Sect. 2. Beauty of Language with respect to Signification,

Sect. 3. Beauty of Language from a resemblance between Sound and Signification,

Sect. 4. Versification,

Chap. 19. Comparisons,<xvi>

Chap. 20. Figures,

Sect. 1. Personification,

Sect. 2. Apostrophe,

Sect. 3. Hyperbole,

Sect. 4. The Means or Instrument conceived to be the agent,

Sect. 5. A figure which, among related Objects, extends the Properties of one to another,

Sect. 6. Metaphor and Allegory,

Sect. 7. Figure of Speech,

Table 1. Subjects expressed figuratively,

Table 2. Attributes expressed figuratively,

Chap. 21. Narration and Description,

Chap. 22. Epic and Dramatic Compositions,

Chap. 23. The Three Unities,

Chap. 24. Gardening and Architecture,

Chap. 25. Standard of Taste,

Appendix. Terms defined or explained,