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Page 18
... Such is the law of fuccef- fion ; which must be natural , becaufe it governs all human beings , The law however feems not to be inviolable : it fometimes happens that an idea " arifes in the mind without any perceived connec- tion ; 18 ...
... Such is the law of fuccef- fion ; which must be natural , becaufe it governs all human beings , The law however feems not to be inviolable : it fometimes happens that an idea " arifes in the mind without any perceived connec- tion ; 18 ...
Page 36
... Such is our nature , that upon perceiving certain external objects , we are inflantaneously confcious of pleasure or pain : a gently - flowing ri- ver , a smooth extended plain , a fpreading oak , a towering hill , are objects of fight ...
... Such is our nature , that upon perceiving certain external objects , we are inflantaneously confcious of pleasure or pain : a gently - flowing ri- ver , a smooth extended plain , a fpreading oak , a towering hill , are objects of fight ...
Page 51
... such an animal , is ftronger than what is caufed by any thing inanimate . There is a feparate reason why defire of which a rational being is the object , fhould be the ftrongeft : our defires fwell by par- tial gratification ; and the ...
... such an animal , is ftronger than what is caufed by any thing inanimate . There is a feparate reason why defire of which a rational being is the object , fhould be the ftrongeft : our defires fwell by par- tial gratification ; and the ...
Page 57
... 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 grieve me to think fo ; and the direct contrary is ...
... 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 grieve me to think fo ; and the direct contrary is ...
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... Such pronenefs has the mind to this communication of properties , that we often find a property afcribed to a related object , of which naturally it is not fufceptible . Sir Richard Grenville in a fingle fhip , being furprised by the ...
... Such pronenefs has the mind to this communication of properties , that we often find a property afcribed to a related object , of which naturally it is not fufceptible . Sir Richard Grenville in a fingle fhip , being furprised by the ...
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