[45] Act 3. sc. 8.
[46] Part 1. of this chapter, sect. 3.
[47] Aristotle, poet. cap. 18. § 3. says, that anger raiseth in the spectator a similar emotion of anger.
[48] See Historical law-tracts, tract 1.
[49] Part 5. of the present chapter.
[50] Chap. 2. part. 1. sect. 1. first note.
[51] Chap. 2. part 1. sect. 4.
[52] See the appendix, containing definitions and explanation of terms.
[53] See chap. 2. part 1. sect. 1.
[54] Longinus observes, that nature inclines us to admire, not a small rivulet, however clear and transparent, but the Nile, the Ister, the Rhine, or still more the ocean. The sight of a small fire produceth no emotion; but we are struck with the boiling furnaces of Ætna, pouring out whole rivers of liquid flame. Treatise of the Sublime, chap. 29.