Elements of Criticism, Volume 1A. Millar and T. Cadell, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1769 - 531 pages |
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Page 50
... furprised at the blindness of fome philofophers , who , by dark and confused notions , are led to deny all motives to action but what arife from felf - love . Man , for aught appears , might pof- fibly have been fo framed as to be ...
... furprised at the blindness of fome philofophers , who , by dark and confused notions , are led to deny all motives to action but what arife from felf - love . Man , for aught appears , might pof- fibly have been fo framed as to be ...
Page 55
... furprised to hear fuch influence attributed to mufic , when , with refpect to ano- ther of the fine arts , he finds a living inftance of * Polybius , lib . 4. cap . 3 . an influence not lefs powerful . It is unhappily indeed D 4 an Part ...
... furprised to hear fuch influence attributed to mufic , when , with refpect to ano- ther of the fine arts , he finds a living inftance of * Polybius , lib . 4. cap . 3 . an influence not lefs powerful . It is unhappily indeed D 4 an Part ...
Page 67
... furprised by the Spanish fleet , was advised to retire . He utterly re- fused to turn from the enemy ; declaring , " he would " rather die , than difhonour himfelf , his country , and " her Majesty's fhip . " Hakluyt , vol . 2. part 2 ...
... furprised by the Spanish fleet , was advised to retire . He utterly re- fused to turn from the enemy ; declaring , " he would " rather die , than difhonour himfelf , his country , and " her Majesty's fhip . " Hakluyt , vol . 2. part 2 ...
Page 83
... furprised by the bite of a mouse he had catched , let it flip out of his fingers . " No creature ( fays he ) is fo contemptible , but what may provide " for its own safety , if it have courage . " 66 F 2 Plutarch . Apothegmata . atoms ...
... furprised by the bite of a mouse he had catched , let it flip out of his fingers . " No creature ( fays he ) is fo contemptible , but what may provide " for its own safety , if it have courage . " 66 F 2 Plutarch . Apothegmata . atoms ...
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... furprise , which alfo fuddenly decay , another reafon concurs , that their caufes are of fhort duration novelty foon degenerates into famili arity ; and the unexpectedness of an object , is foon funk in the pleasure that the object ...
... furprise , which alfo fuddenly decay , another reafon concurs , that their caufes are of fhort duration novelty foon degenerates into famili arity ; and the unexpectedness of an object , is foon funk in the pleasure that the object ...
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