Elements of Criticism, Volume 1A. Millar and T. Cadell, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1769 - 531 pages |
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... fpecies that are not governed by reafon , nor are done with any view to confequences . Infants , like brutes , are mostly governed by in- ftinct , without the leaft view to any end , good or or ill . And even adult perfons act fometimes ...
... fpecies that are not governed by reafon , nor are done with any view to confequences . Infants , like brutes , are mostly governed by in- ftinct , without the leaft view to any end , good or or ill . And even adult perfons act fometimes ...
Page 53
... fpecies , have the moft powerful influence in raifing emotions and paffions ; and as fpeech is the most powerful of all the means by which one human being can display itself to another , the objects of the eye muft fo far yield ...
... fpecies , have the moft powerful influence in raifing emotions and paffions ; and as fpeech is the most powerful of all the means by which one human being can display itself to another , the objects of the eye muft fo far yield ...
Page 63
... appetites that lead to the propagation and prefervation of the fpecies . The appetites of hunger , thirft , and animal love , arife in the mind before they are directed to any arife Part I. EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . 63.
... appetites that lead to the propagation and prefervation of the fpecies . The appetites of hunger , thirft , and animal love , arife in the mind before they are directed to any arife Part I. EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . 63.
Page 107
... fpe- cies of animals , particularly in our own ; and we have a conviction that this common nature is See part 7. of this chapter . See the faid 7th part . right , or perfect , and , that individuals ought right , Part II . EMOTIONS AND ...
... fpe- cies of animals , particularly in our own ; and we have a conviction that this common nature is See part 7. of this chapter . See the faid 7th part . right , or perfect , and , that individuals ought right , Part II . EMOTIONS AND ...
Page 206
... to a fpectator the fame piece of matter that to a man appears beautiful , may poffibly appear ugly to a being of a different fpecies . Beauty there- fore , 1 fore , which for its existence depends upon the 206 Ch . III . BEAUTY .
... to a fpectator the fame piece of matter that to a man appears beautiful , may poffibly appear ugly to a being of a different fpecies . Beauty there- fore , 1 fore , which for its existence depends upon the 206 Ch . III . BEAUTY .
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