Elements of Criticism, Volume 1John Bell and William Creech; and for T. Cadell, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London., 1788 - 2 pages |
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... courfe . Nor has he made our task either disagreeable or difficult on the con- trary , the transition is sweet and easy , from cor- poreal pleasures to the more refined pleasures of sense ; and no less fo , from these to the ex- alted ...
... courfe . Nor has he made our task either disagreeable or difficult on the con- trary , the transition is sweet and easy , from cor- poreal pleasures to the more refined pleasures of sense ; and no less fo , from these to the ex- alted ...
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... to the more involved cafes ; and in a due courfe of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our faculties , bestows acuteness on that of rea- fon , fon , fufficient to unravel all the intracies of phi- 8 INTRODUCTION .
... to the more involved cafes ; and in a due courfe of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our faculties , bestows acuteness on that of rea- fon , fon , fufficient to unravel all the intracies of phi- 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... - licacy of taste neceffarily heightens our feeling of pain and pleasure ; and of courfe our sympathy , which is the capital branch of every focial paf- fion . Sympathy invites a communication of joys and forrows fion . So INTRODUCTION .
... - licacy of taste neceffarily heightens our feeling of pain and pleasure ; and of courfe our sympathy , which is the capital branch of every focial paf- fion . Sympathy invites a communication of joys and forrows fion . So INTRODUCTION .
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... courfe , they are continued through the strictest connections : the mind extends its view to a fon more readily than to a fervant ; and more readily to a neigh- bour than to one living at a distance . This or- der , as obferved , may be ...
... courfe , they are continued through the strictest connections : the mind extends its view to a fon more readily than to a fervant ; and more readily to a neigh- bour than to one living at a distance . This or- der , as obferved , may be ...
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... courfe ; the mind falls with a heavy body , descends with a river , and afcends with flame and fmoke : in tracing out a family , we incline to begin at the founder , and to defcend gradually to his latest pofterity ; on the contrary ...
... courfe ; the mind falls with a heavy body , descends with a river , and afcends with flame and fmoke : in tracing out a family , we incline to begin at the founder , and to defcend gradually to his latest pofterity ; on the contrary ...
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