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Page vii
... thought obfcure . The author giving an attentive ear to every cenfure of that kind , has , in the prefent edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unsuccessful . The.
... thought obfcure . The author giving an attentive ear to every cenfure of that kind , has , in the prefent edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unsuccessful . The.
Page viii
... thought before he can put it into words , is but ill qualified to judge whether the expreffion be fufficiently clear to others in that particular , he cannot avoid the taking on him to judge for the reader , who can much better judge ...
... thought before he can put it into words , is but ill qualified to judge whether the expreffion be fufficiently clear to others in that particular , he cannot avoid the taking on him to judge for the reader , who can much better judge ...
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... thought ftruck him , that his private meditations might be publicly ufeful . In public , however , he would not appear in a flovenly drefs ; and therefore he pretends not otherwife to apologize for his errors , than by obferving , that ...
... thought ftruck him , that his private meditations might be publicly ufeful . In public , however , he would not appear in a flovenly drefs ; and therefore he pretends not otherwife to apologize for his errors , than by obferving , that ...
Page 17
... , forming a connected chain ; and that we have not the command of any idea independ- ent of the chain . : VOL . I. B that the train of our thoughts is not regulated by ELEMENTS Chap Perceptions and Ideas in a train continued.
... , forming a connected chain ; and that we have not the command of any idea independ- ent of the chain . : VOL . I. B that the train of our thoughts is not regulated by ELEMENTS Chap Perceptions and Ideas in a train continued.
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... thought . Taking a view of external objects , their inherent properties are not more remarkable , than the various ... thoughts is in a great meafure regulated by the foregoing relations : an external object is no fooner prefented to us ...
... thought . Taking a view of external objects , their inherent properties are not more remarkable , than the various ... thoughts is in a great meafure regulated by the foregoing relations : an external object is no fooner prefented to us ...
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