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Page 170
A happy coincidence of emotions raised by the song and by the music , is
extremely rare ; and I venture to affirm , that there is no example of it unless
where the emotion raised by the former is pleasant as well as that raised by the
latter .
A happy coincidence of emotions raised by the song and by the music , is
extremely rare ; and I venture to affirm , that there is no example of it unless
where the emotion raised by the former is pleasant as well as that raised by the
latter .
Page 358
He sees , or seems to see , the one animal extremely little , and the other
extremely large . The emotion of surprise arising from any unusual resemblance ,
serves equally to explain why at first view we are apt to think such resemblance
more ...
He sees , or seems to see , the one animal extremely little , and the other
extremely large . The emotion of surprise arising from any unusual resemblance ,
serves equally to explain why at first view we are apt to think such resemblance
more ...
Page 394
The case is different where external objects enter into the train ; for these ,
making their appearance without any order , and without any connection fave that
of contiguity , form a train of perceptions that may be extremely uniform or
extremely ...
The case is different where external objects enter into the train ; for these ,
making their appearance without any order , and without any connection fave that
of contiguity , form a train of perceptions that may be extremely uniform or
extremely ...
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