Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I(-II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... measure we can attend to fome ideas , and difmifs others . There are few things but what are connected with many others ; and , when a thing thus connected becomes a fubject of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections ...
... measure we can attend to fome ideas , and difmifs others . There are few things but what are connected with many others ; and , when a thing thus connected becomes a fubject of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections ...
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... measure felfifh . On the other hand , when affection moves me to exert an action to the end folely of advancing my friend's happiness , without regard to my own gratification , the action is juftly denominated focial , and fo is also ...
... measure felfifh . On the other hand , when affection moves me to exert an action to the end folely of advancing my friend's happiness , without regard to my own gratification , the action is juftly denominated focial , and fo is also ...
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... measure stronger than any cauf- ed by an animal without reafon ; and an emotion raif- ed by fuch an animal , is ftronger than what is caused by any thing inanimate . There is a feparate reason why defire , of which a rational being is ...
... measure stronger than any cauf- ed by an animal without reafon ; and an emotion raif- ed by fuch an animal , is ftronger than what is caused by any thing inanimate . There is a feparate reason why defire , of which a rational being is ...
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... measure , fupply the want of a more complete exercise . Thus , by proper difcipline , every perfon may acquire a fettled habit of virtue : intercourse with men of worth , hiftories of generous and difinterested actions , and fre- quent ...
... measure , fupply the want of a more complete exercise . Thus , by proper difcipline , every perfon may acquire a fettled habit of virtue : intercourse with men of worth , hiftories of generous and difinterested actions , and fre- quent ...
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... measure felf - love , the primary paffion . To demonftrate the truth of this theory , I urge the following argument . Re- morfe for betraying a friend , or murdering an enemy in cold blood , makes a man even hate himfelf : in that state ...
... measure felf - love , the primary paffion . To demonftrate the truth of this theory , I urge the following argument . Re- morfe for betraying a friend , or murdering an enemy in cold blood , makes a man even hate himfelf : in that state ...
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