BOOK III PART III
me the sentiment of pain and disapprobation,
when any object is presented, that has a ten-
dency to give him uneasiness; though I may
not be willing to sacrifice any thing of my own
interest, or cross any of my passions, for his sat-
isfaction. A house may displease me by being
ill-contrived for the convenience of the owner;
and yet I may refuse to give a shilling towards
the rebuilding of it. Sentiments must touch
the heart, to make them controul our passions:
But they need not extend beyond the imagina-
tion, to make them influence our taste. When a
building seems clumsy and tottering to the eye,
it is ugly and disagreeable; though we be fully
assured of the solidity of the workmanship. It
is a kind of fear, which causes this sentiment of
disapprobation; but the passion is not the same
with that which we feel, when obliged to stand
under a wall, that we really think tottering and