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... mind , where they really are : upon that account , they are conceived to be more refined and fpiritual , than what are derived from tafling , touching , and fmelling ; for the latter feelings , feeming to exift externally at the organ ...
... mind , where they really are : upon that account , they are conceived to be more refined and fpiritual , than what are derived from tafling , touching , and fmelling ; for the latter feelings , feeming to exift externally at the organ ...
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" tone of mind , nothing can be more happily contri- ved than the exhilarating pleafures of the eye and ear . On the other hand , any intenfe exercife of intellectual powers , becomes painful by overstrain- ing the mind : ceffation from ...
" tone of mind , nothing can be more happily contri- ved than the exhilarating pleafures of the eye and ear . On the other hand , any intenfe exercife of intellectual powers , becomes painful by overstrain- ing the mind : ceffation from ...
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... mind for a fucceffion of enjoyments from low to high , leads it by gentle fteps from the moft gro- veling corporeal pleasures , for which only it is fit- ted in the beginning of life , to thofe refined and fublime pleasures that are ...
... mind for a fucceffion of enjoyments from low to high , leads it by gentle fteps from the moft gro- veling corporeal pleasures , for which only it is fit- ted in the beginning of life , to thofe refined and fublime pleasures that are ...
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... mind to the most enticing fort of logic : the prac- tice of reasoning upon fubjects fo agreeable , tends to a habit ; and a habit , ftrengthening the reafon- ing faculties , prepares the mind for entering into fubjects more intricate ...
... mind to the most enticing fort of logic : the prac- tice of reasoning upon fubjects fo agreeable , tends to a habit ; and a habit , ftrengthening the reafon- ing faculties , prepares the mind for entering into fubjects more intricate ...
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... mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on the train : nor can he at will add any idea to the train 1 . At the fame time we learn from daily experience , ' For how fhould this be done ? what idea is it that we are to add ...
... mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on the train : nor can he at will add any idea to the train 1 . At the fame time we learn from daily experience , ' For how fhould this be done ? what idea is it that we are to add ...
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