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... ther it may not , over and above , open fome track that will lead us to what we are in queft of ? A grofs impropriety is punished with con- tempt and indignation , which are vented a- gainst the offender by every external ex- preffion ...
... ther it may not , over and above , open fome track that will lead us to what we are in queft of ? A grofs impropriety is punished with con- tempt and indignation , which are vented a- gainst the offender by every external ex- preffion ...
Page 101
... ther more than as to pain . Enjoyment in this case must be exquifite , and therefore more apt to produce fatiety than in any o- ther cafe whatever . This is a never - failing effect , where confummate beauty on the one fide , meets with ...
... ther more than as to pain . Enjoyment in this case must be exquifite , and therefore more apt to produce fatiety than in any o- ther cafe whatever . This is a never - failing effect , where confummate beauty on the one fide , meets with ...
Page 253
... ther fort of compofition . Hence a rule re- garding the arrangement of the members of different periods with relation to each o- ther , That to avoid a tedious uniformity of found and cadence , the arrangement , the cadence , and the ...
... ther fort of compofition . Hence a rule re- garding the arrangement of the members of different periods with relation to each o- ther , That to avoid a tedious uniformity of found and cadence , the arrangement , the cadence , and the ...
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