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Page 37
... mind : in this ftate , it is difagrec- able to contract the mind to a minute ob- ject , however elegant . The resembling an object to one that is greater , has , on the contrary , a good effect , by raifing or fwell- ing the mind . One ...
... mind : in this ftate , it is difagrec- able to contract the mind to a minute ob- ject , however elegant . The resembling an object to one that is greater , has , on the contrary , a good effect , by raifing or fwell- ing the mind . One ...
Page 76
... mind infpired by the description . In plain narrative , again , the mind , serious and fedate , rejects perfonification altoge- ther . Strada , in his history of the Belgic wars , has the following paffage , which , by a ftrained ...
... mind infpired by the description . In plain narrative , again , the mind , serious and fedate , rejects perfonification altoge- ther . Strada , in his history of the Belgic wars , has the following paffage , which , by a ftrained ...
Page 381
... mind . How is this operation performed ? Do I endeavour to form in my mind a picture of it or repre- fentative image ? Not fo . I transport my- felf ideally to the place where I faw the tree yesterday ; upon which I have a perception of ...
... mind . How is this operation performed ? Do I endeavour to form in my mind a picture of it or repre- fentative image ? Not fo . I transport my- felf ideally to the place where I faw the tree yesterday ; upon which I have a perception of ...
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