Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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... tion to study or bufinefs , as well as after fatiety from fenfual gratification . Our first perceptions are of external objects , and our first attachments are to them . Organic pleasures take the lead : but the mind , gradually ...
... tion to study or bufinefs , as well as after fatiety from fenfual gratification . Our first perceptions are of external objects , and our first attachments are to them . Organic pleasures take the lead : but the mind , gradually ...
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... tion ; for relishing a fine countenance , a rich landscape , or a vivid colour , culture is unneceffary . The observa- tion holds equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the ...
... tion ; for relishing a fine countenance , a rich landscape , or a vivid colour , culture is unneceffary . The observa- tion holds equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the ...
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... tion no enemy more formidable than a delicate and * If any youth of a fplendid fortune and English edu cation ftumble perchance upon this book and this paffage , he will pronounce the latter to be empty declamation . But if he can be ...
... tion no enemy more formidable than a delicate and * If any youth of a fplendid fortune and English edu cation ftumble perchance upon this book and this paffage , he will pronounce the latter to be empty declamation . But if he can be ...
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... tion derived from experience , that happiness de- pends on regularity and order , and that disregard to justice or propriety never fails to be punished with fhame and remorfe * . Rude * Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable ...
... tion derived from experience , that happiness de- pends on regularity and order , and that disregard to justice or propriety never fails to be punished with fhame and remorfe * . Rude * Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable ...
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... deep impreffion , and counterbalance every irregular defire : at the fame time , a temper calm and fedate is not easily moved , even by a strong tempta- tion . rule , rule , why fhould they be imitated ? if they 12 INTRODUCTION .
... deep impreffion , and counterbalance every irregular defire : at the fame time , a temper calm and fedate is not easily moved , even by a strong tempta- tion . rule , rule , why fhould they be imitated ? if they 12 INTRODUCTION .
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