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Page 361
... common ftandard . But there may be ex- ceptions , and experience fhows there are fome . There are inftances without num- ber , of perfons who cling to the groffer a- musements of gaming , eating , drinking , without having any relish ...
... common ftandard . But there may be ex- ceptions , and experience fhows there are fome . There are inftances without num- ber , of perfons who cling to the groffer a- musements of gaming , eating , drinking , without having any relish ...
Page 369
... common sense of mankind may be with respect to the fine arts , it is yet the only ftandard in thefe as well as in morals . And when the matter is attentively confidered , this ftandard will be found less imperfect than it appears to be ...
... common sense of mankind may be with respect to the fine arts , it is yet the only ftandard in thefe as well as in morals . And when the matter is attentively confidered , this ftandard will be found less imperfect than it appears to be ...
Page 373
... common sense of mankind . And this discovery leads us to means for afcertaining the common fenfe of mankind or the standard of taste , more un- erringly than the selection above insisted on . Every doubt with relation to this standard ...
... common sense of mankind . And this discovery leads us to means for afcertaining the common fenfe of mankind or the standard of taste , more un- erringly than the selection above insisted on . Every doubt with relation to this standard ...
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