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W Ere emotions of the same nature with colour and figure , to continue in their
present state till varied by some operating cause , the condition of man would be
deplorable . It is ordered wisely , that emotions should more resemble another ...
W Ere emotions of the same nature with colour and figure , to continue in their
present state till varied by some operating cause , the condition of man would be
deplorable . It is ordered wisely , that emotions should more resemble another ...
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other means , grief swells beyond what the cause can justify , the mind is prone to
magnify the cause , in order to gratify the pasfion . And if the real cause admit not
of being magnified , the mind seeks a cause for its grief in imagined future ...
other means , grief swells beyond what the cause can justify , the mind is prone to
magnify the cause , in order to gratify the pasfion . And if the real cause admit not
of being magnified , the mind seeks a cause for its grief in imagined future ...
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The final cause of this principle is an additional proof of its existence . Human
works are of no significancy till they be completed . Reason is not always a
sufficient counterbalance to indolence : and some principle over and above is
necessary ...
The final cause of this principle is an additional proof of its existence . Human
works are of no significancy till they be completed . Reason is not always a
sufficient counterbalance to indolence : and some principle over and above is
necessary ...
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| Title | Elements of Criticism, Volume 1 Classics in art and literary criticism Elements of Criticism, Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Author | Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 |
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