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Page 125
... these paffions produce violent effects upon the body , fuch as trem- bling , starting , and fwooning . But these effects , depending in a good measure upon fingularity of conftitution , are not uniform in all men . The involuntary figns ...
... these paffions produce violent effects upon the body , fuch as trem- bling , starting , and fwooning . But these effects , depending in a good measure upon fingularity of conftitution , are not uniform in all men . The involuntary figns ...
Page 140
... these united have a force ir- refiftible . Thus all the agreeable emotions of the human heart , with all the focial and virtuous affections , are , by means of these external figns , not only perceived but felt . By this admirable ...
... these united have a force ir- refiftible . Thus all the agreeable emotions of the human heart , with all the focial and virtuous affections , are , by means of these external figns , not only perceived but felt . By this admirable ...
Page 367
... These few rules fulfil all the conditions of a Hexameter line , with relation to order or arrangement . To these again a fingle rule may be substituted , for which I have a still greater relish , as it regulates more affirma- tively the ...
... These few rules fulfil all the conditions of a Hexameter line , with relation to order or arrangement . To these again a fingle rule may be substituted , for which I have a still greater relish , as it regulates more affirma- tively the ...
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