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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... thought obfcure . The au- thor , giving an attentive ear to every cenfure of that kind , has , in the prefent edition , renewed his efforts to correct eve- ry defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unfuccefs ...
... thought obfcure . The au- thor , giving an attentive ear to every cenfure of that kind , has , in the prefent edition , renewed his efforts to correct eve- ry defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unfuccefs ...
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... thought ftruck him , that his private meditations might be publicly useful . In public , however , he would not appear in a flov- enly drefs ; and therefore he pretends not other- wife to apologife for his errors , than by obferv- ing ...
... thought ftruck him , that his private meditations might be publicly useful . In public , however , he would not appear in a flov- enly drefs ; and therefore he pretends not other- wife to apologife for his errors , than by obferv- ing ...
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... thoughts is not regulated by chance : and if it de- pend not upon will , nor upon chance , by what law is it governed ... thought . Taking a view of external objects , their in- herent * For how fhould this be done ? what idea is it that ...
... thoughts is not regulated by chance : and if it de- pend not upon will , nor upon chance , by what law is it governed ... thought . Taking a view of external objects , their in- herent * For how fhould this be done ? what idea is it that ...
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... thoughts is in a great meaf- ure regulated by the foregoing relations : an external object is no fooner prefented to ... thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections : among thefe a choice . is afforded ; we can infift upon one ...
... thoughts is in a great meaf- ure regulated by the foregoing relations : an external object is no fooner prefented to ... thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections : among thefe a choice . is afforded ; we can infift upon one ...
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... thought from being continued through the ftricteft con- nections : much depends on the prefent tone of mind : for a fubject that accords with that tone is always wel come . Thus , in good fpirits , a cheerful fubject will be introduced ...
... thought from being continued through the ftricteft con- nections : much depends on the prefent tone of mind : for a fubject that accords with that tone is always wel come . Thus , in good fpirits , a cheerful fubject will be introduced ...
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