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Page 118
Even real events intitled to our belief , must be conceived present and passing in
our fight before they can move us . ... For the same reason , we are little moved
with any distant event ; because we have more difficulty to conceive it present ...
Even real events intitled to our belief , must be conceived present and passing in
our fight before they can move us . ... For the same reason , we are little moved
with any distant event ; because we have more difficulty to conceive it present ...
Page 198
The observation holds equally with respect to future events . If a future event be
either much wished or dreaded , the mind , to gratify its passion , never fails to
augment the probability beyond truth . The credit which in all ages has been
given to ...
The observation holds equally with respect to future events . If a future event be
either much wished or dreaded , the mind , to gratify its passion , never fails to
augment the probability beyond truth . The credit which in all ages has been
given to ...
Page 204
Here is a fair and I hope satisfactory account , why we reckon time to be tedious
when we long for a future event , and not less fleet when we dread the event .
This account is confirmed by other instances . Bodily pain fixt to one part ,
produceth ...
Here is a fair and I hope satisfactory account , why we reckon time to be tedious
when we long for a future event , and not less fleet when we dread the event .
This account is confirmed by other instances . Bodily pain fixt to one part ,
produceth ...
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