Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I(-II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - 440 pages |
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... fion in touching , tafting , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion ; that , for exam- ple , which is made upon the hand by a stone , upon the palate the palate by an apricot , and upon the noftrils by a rofe : it is otherwife ...
... fion in touching , tafting , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion ; that , for exam- ple , which is made upon the hand by a stone , upon the palate the palate by an apricot , and upon the noftrils by a rofe : it is otherwife ...
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... fion . Their mixt nature and middle place be- tween organic and intellectual pleafures , qualify them to affociate with both ; beauty heightens all the organic feelings , as well as the intellect- ual harmony , though it afpires to ...
... fion . Their mixt nature and middle place be- tween organic and intellectual pleafures , qualify them to affociate with both ; beauty heightens all the organic feelings , as well as the intellect- ual harmony , though it afpires to ...
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... fion by any law of neceffity : the God of Na- ture offers it to us in order to advance our hap- pinefs ; and it is fufficient , that he hath enabled us to carry it on in a natural courfe . Nor has he made our talk either difagreeable or ...
... fion by any law of neceffity : the God of Na- ture offers it to us in order to advance our hap- pinefs ; and it is fufficient , that he hath enabled us to carry it on in a natural courfe . Nor has he made our talk either difagreeable or ...
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... fion , I find it neceffary to divide it into many parts : and though the first of thefe is confined to fuch caufes of emo- tion or paffion as are the most common and the most general ; yet upon examination I find this fingle part fo ...
... fion , I find it neceffary to divide it into many parts : and though the first of thefe is confined to fuch caufes of emo- tion or paffion as are the most common and the most general ; yet upon examination I find this fingle part fo ...
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... fion , the mind is inflamed , and hurried to action with a ftrong impulfe . Where the object is lefs powerful , fo as not to inflame the mind , nothing is felt but defire without any fenfible perturbation . The principle of duty affords ...
... fion , the mind is inflamed , and hurried to action with a ftrong impulfe . Where the object is lefs powerful , fo as not to inflame the mind , nothing is felt but defire without any fenfible perturbation . The principle of duty affords ...
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