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Page 91
... mind is exhaufted with pleasure as well as with pain . Exquifite pleasure is ex- tremely fatiguing ; occafioning , as a natu- ralift would fay , great expence of animal fpirits + . And therefore , of fuch the mind cannot bear fo ...
... mind is exhaufted with pleasure as well as with pain . Exquifite pleasure is ex- tremely fatiguing ; occafioning , as a natu- ralift would fay , great expence of animal fpirits + . And therefore , of fuch the mind cannot bear fo ...
Page 245
... mind . A smooth gliding found is agreeable , by smoothing the mind and lulling it to reft . A rough bold found , on the contrary , animates the mind . The effort perceived in pronoun- cing , is communicated to the hearers : they feel in ...
... mind . A smooth gliding found is agreeable , by smoothing the mind and lulling it to reft . A rough bold found , on the contrary , animates the mind . The effort perceived in pronoun- cing , is communicated to the hearers : they feel in ...
Page 425
... mind : the mind is fup- ported in its elevation by the fudden un- prepared pause which roufes and animates : and the line itself , reprefenting by its une- qual divifion an afcending feries , carries the mind still higher , making an ...
... mind : the mind is fup- ported in its elevation by the fudden un- prepared pause which roufes and animates : and the line itself , reprefenting by its une- qual divifion an afcending feries , carries the mind still higher , making an ...
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