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Page 118
... event ; because we have more difficulty to conceive it prefent , than an event that hap- pened in our neighbourhood . Every one is fenfible , that defcribing a past event as prefent , has a fine effect in language . For what other ...
... event ; because we have more difficulty to conceive it prefent , than an event that hap- pened in our neighbourhood . Every one is fenfible , that defcribing a past event as prefent , has a fine effect in language . For what other ...
Page 198
... event be either much wifhed or dreaded , the mind , to gratify its passion , never fails to augment the probability ... event is , the more evidence is required . A familiar event daily occurring , being in itself extremely pro- bable ...
... event be either much wifhed or dreaded , the mind , to gratify its passion , never fails to augment the probability ... event is , the more evidence is required . A familiar event daily occurring , being in itself extremely pro- bable ...
Page 204
... event , and not lefs fleet when we dread the event . This account is confirmed by other inftances . Bodily pain fixt to one part , produceth a flow train of perceptions , which , according to the common measure of time , ought to make ...
... event , and not lefs fleet when we dread the event . This account is confirmed by other inftances . Bodily pain fixt to one part , produceth a flow train of perceptions , which , according to the common measure of time , ought to make ...
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