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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... perceiving external objects , diftin- guifheth remarkably hearing and feeing from the other fenfes ; and I am ready to fhow , that it diftinguitheth ftill more remarkably the feelings of the former from that of the latter ; every ...
... perceiving external objects , diftin- guifheth remarkably hearing and feeing from the other fenfes ; and I am ready to fhow , that it diftinguitheth ftill more remarkably the feelings of the former from that of the latter ; every ...
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... perceive a mul- titude of objects connected by contiguity folely ; which is not unpleafant , because objects of fight make an im- preffion fo lively , as that a relation even of the flightest kind is relished . This however ought not to ...
... perceive a mul- titude of objects connected by contiguity folely ; which is not unpleafant , because objects of fight make an im- preffion fo lively , as that a relation even of the flightest kind is relished . This however ought not to ...
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... perceiving certain external ob- jects , we are inftantaneously conscious of pleasure or pain : a gently - flowing river , a smooth extended plain , a spread- ing oak , a towering hill , are objects of fight that raise pleasant emotions ...
... perceiving certain external ob- jects , we are inftantaneously conscious of pleasure or pain : a gently - flowing river , a smooth extended plain , a spread- ing oak , a towering hill , are objects of fight that raise pleasant emotions ...
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... perceiving these qualities in others , we inftantane- oufly feel pleafant emotions , without the flightest act of reflection , or of attention to confequences . It is almoft unneceffary to add , that certain qualities oppofite to the ...
... perceiving these qualities in others , we inftantane- oufly feel pleafant emotions , without the flightest act of reflection , or of attention to confequences . It is almoft unneceffary to add , that certain qualities oppofite to the ...
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... perceive things as they really exift , and never perceive a quality as feparated from the fubject . Hence it must be evident , that emotions are raised , not by qualities abftra & tly confidered , but by the fubftance or body fo and fo ...
... perceive things as they really exift , and never perceive a quality as feparated from the fubject . Hence it must be evident , that emotions are raised , not by qualities abftra & tly confidered , but by the fubftance or body fo and fo ...
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