BOOK II PART II
A prince, that is possessed of a stately palace,
commands the esteem of the people upon that
account; and that first, by the beauty of the
palace, and secondly, by the relation of prop-
erty, which connects it with him. The re-
moval of either of these destroys the passion;
which evidently proves that the cause Is a com-
pounded one.
Twould be tedious to trace the passions of
love and hatred, through all the observations
which we have formed concerning pride and
humility, and which are equally applicable to
both sets of passions. Twill be sufficient to re-
mark in general, that the object of love and
hatred is evidently some thinking person; and
that the sensation of the former passion is al-
ways agreeable, and of the latter uneasy. We
may also suppose with some shew of probabil-