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... equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable of inftruction . And yet , to refine our tafte with refpect to beauties of art or of nature , is fcarce endeavoured in any feminary of learn- ing ; a lamentable defect ...
... equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable of inftruction . And yet , to refine our tafte with refpect to beauties of art or of nature , is fcarce endeavoured in any feminary of learn- ing ; a lamentable defect ...
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... equally in every one of the external fenfes . But there is a difference as to our knowledge of that impreffion in touching , tafting , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion ; that , for exam- ple , which is made upon the hand ...
... equally in every one of the external fenfes . But there is a difference as to our knowledge of that impreffion in touching , tafting , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion ; that , for exam- ple , which is made upon the hand ...
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... equally distant from the tur- bulence of paffion , and the languor of indolence ; and by that tone are perfectly well qualified , not only to revive the fpirits when funk by fenfual gra- tification , but also to relax them when ...
... equally distant from the tur- bulence of paffion , and the languor of indolence ; and by that tone are perfectly well qualified , not only to revive the fpirits when funk by fenfual gra- tification , but also to relax them when ...
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... equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , hath accurately fuited them to each other . But of a poem , a cantata , a ...
... equally in natural founds , fuch as the finging of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , hath accurately fuited them to each other . But of a poem , a cantata , a ...
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... equally pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cafes and in a due courfe of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our faculties , beftows acutenefs on that of rea- fon , fufficient to ...
... equally pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cafes and in a due courfe of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our faculties , beftows acutenefs on that of rea- fon , fufficient to ...
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