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... course of fucceffion , have limits that cannot be extended by the most painful efforts . The mind circumfcribed in its ca- pacity , cannot , at the fame inftant , admit many perceptions ; and when replete , it has no place for new ...
... course of fucceffion , have limits that cannot be extended by the most painful efforts . The mind circumfcribed in its ca- pacity , cannot , at the fame inftant , admit many perceptions ; and when replete , it has no place for new ...
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... course . But man by nature is formed for action , and he must be active in order to be happy . Nature therefore hath kindly provided a- gainst indolence , by annexing pleasure to a moderate course of perceptions , and by ma- king every ...
... course . But man by nature is formed for action , and he must be active in order to be happy . Nature therefore hath kindly provided a- gainst indolence , by annexing pleasure to a moderate course of perceptions , and by ma- king every ...
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... course of perceptions indifpofeth to action ; fo , on the other , a course too rapid impels to rafh and precipitant action . Pru- dent conduct is the child of deliberation and clear conception , for which there is no place in a rapid course ...
... course of perceptions indifpofeth to action ; fo , on the other , a course too rapid impels to rafh and precipitant action . Pru- dent conduct is the child of deliberation and clear conception , for which there is no place in a rapid course ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appears arts beauty becauſe betwixt Cæfar cafe caſe caufe cauſe circumſtances confideration confidered connection contraft courſe criticiſm defire deſcribed deſcription diftrefs diſagreeable diſcover diſtinct diſtinguiſhed diſtreſs effect emotion raiſed emotions and paffions exerciſe exiſtence faid fame feeling fenfe fenfible fhall fight fimilar fingle fingular fion firſt focial fome fometimes ftill fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient furpriſe grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf hiſtory Iago ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances itſelf ject juſt lefs leſs meaſure ment mind moſt motion mufic muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffing painful emotion perceive perceptions perfon pleaſant emotion pleaſant or painful pleaſure preſent produce produceth propenfity puniſh purpoſes qualities reaſon reflection reliſh remarkable reſemblance reſpect ſame ſcarce ſcience ſelfiſh ſenſe ſeparately ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſtill ſtrong ſuch taſte theſe thing thoſe tion uſe