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... must be pleasant , or in other words produce a plea- fant emotion ; for nothing can be more na- tural , than that the accomplishment of any wish or defire should affect us with joy . I cannot even except the cafe , where a man , through ...
... must be pleasant , or in other words produce a plea- fant emotion ; for nothing can be more na- tural , than that the accomplishment of any wish or defire should affect us with joy . I cannot even except the cafe , where a man , through ...
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... must be a momentary personifi- cation . A fhip must be imagined a fenfible being , to make it fufceptible of honour or dishonour . In the battle of Mantinea , Epaminondas being mortally wounded , was carried to his tent in a manner dead ...
... must be a momentary personifi- cation . A fhip must be imagined a fenfible being , to make it fufceptible of honour or dishonour . In the battle of Mantinea , Epaminondas being mortally wounded , was carried to his tent in a manner dead ...
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... must be fimilar . They accordingly readily unite , and in conjunction have dou- ble force ; which must hold whether the two paffions have the fame or different cau- fes . This is verified by experience ; from which we learn , that ...
... must be fimilar . They accordingly readily unite , and in conjunction have dou- ble force ; which must hold whether the two paffions have the fame or different cau- fes . This is verified by experience ; from which we learn , that ...
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