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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... particular to another , the fub- ject grew under his hand ; and he was far ad- vanced before the thought ftruck him , that his private meditations might be publicly useful . In public , however , he would not appear in a flov- enly ...
... particular to another , the fub- ject grew under his hand ; and he was far ad- vanced before the thought ftruck him , that his private meditations might be publicly useful . In public , however , he would not appear in a flov- enly ...
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... in matters of fcience : there we seem rather difpofed to proceed from effects to their caufes , and from particular propofitions to thofe which are more general . Why this difference in matters that C3 are CHAP . I. 29 in a Train .
... in matters of fcience : there we seem rather difpofed to proceed from effects to their caufes , and from particular propofitions to thofe which are more general . Why this difference in matters that C3 are CHAP . I. 29 in a Train .
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... particular ef- fects to general caufes , and from particular propofitions to the more comprehenfive , we feel a gradual dilatation or expanfion of mind , like what is felt in an ascending se- ries , which is extremely pleafing the ...
... particular ef- fects to general caufes , and from particular propofitions to the more comprehenfive , we feel a gradual dilatation or expanfion of mind , like what is felt in an ascending se- ries , which is extremely pleafing the ...
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... particular . A man , a house , a garden , is a particular object : fame , esteem , opulence , honour , are general objects , because each of them comprehends many particulars . The paffions directed to general objects are commonly ...
... particular . A man , a house , a garden , is a particular object : fame , esteem , opulence , honour , are general objects , because each of them comprehends many particulars . The paffions directed to general objects are commonly ...
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... particular , what a spacious and commodious avenue to the heart of a young per- fon is here opened ! In SECT . V. many inftances one Emotion is productive of another . The fame of Paffions . In the first chapter it is observed , that ...
... particular , what a spacious and commodious avenue to the heart of a young per- fon is here opened ! In SECT . V. many inftances one Emotion is productive of another . The fame of Paffions . In the first chapter it is observed , that ...
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