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... sense of order : the mind proceeds with alacrity down a flowing river ; and with the fame alacrity from a whole to its parts , or from a principal to its acceffories : but in the contrary direction , it is fenfible of a fort of retro ...
... sense of order : the mind proceeds with alacrity down a flowing river ; and with the fame alacrity from a whole to its parts , or from a principal to its acceffories : but in the contrary direction , it is fenfible of a fort of retro ...
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... sense of virtue . Nor will it afford any excuse to such wri- ters , that their comedies are entertaining ; unless it could be maintained , that wit and fprightliness are better fuited to a vicious than a virtuous cha- racter . It would ...
... sense of virtue . Nor will it afford any excuse to such wri- ters , that their comedies are entertaining ; unless it could be maintained , that wit and fprightliness are better fuited to a vicious than a virtuous cha- racter . It would ...
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... sense of our prefent happinefs . In the cafe of an acute pain , a peculiar circumftance contributes its part : the brisk circulation of the animal fpirits occafion- ed by acute pain , continues after the pain is gone , and produceth a ...
... sense of our prefent happinefs . In the cafe of an acute pain , a peculiar circumftance contributes its part : the brisk circulation of the animal fpirits occafion- ed by acute pain , continues after the pain is gone , and produceth a ...
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interesting them ftrongly in Cæfar's fate , could not fail to produce a lively sense of the treachery and cruelty of the confpirators ; an infallible method to inflame the refentment of the people beyond all bounds : Antony . If you ...
interesting them ftrongly in Cæfar's fate , could not fail to produce a lively sense of the treachery and cruelty of the confpirators ; an infallible method to inflame the refentment of the people beyond all bounds : Antony . If you ...
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... sense of order hath influence in the com- munication of paffion . It is a common obferva- tion , that a man's affection to his parents is lefs vigorous than to his children : the order of na- ture in defcending to children , aids the ...
... sense of order hath influence in the com- munication of paffion . It is a common obferva- tion , that a man's affection to his parents is lefs vigorous than to his children : the order of na- ture in defcending to children , aids the ...
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