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our happiness ; and it is sufficient , that he hath enabled us to complete the
succession . Nor has he made our task disagreeable or difficult . On the contrary ,
the transition is sweet and easy , from corporeal pleasures to the more refined ...
our happiness ; and it is sufficient , that he hath enabled us to complete the
succession . Nor has he made our task disagreeable or difficult . On the contrary ,
the transition is sweet and easy , from corporeal pleasures to the more refined ...
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The spectator hath at the same time a separate feeling ; which , being mixed with
love or esteem , the capital emotion , hath not been much adverted to . It is a
vague feeling of gratitude , which hath no object ; but which , however , disposes
the ...
The spectator hath at the same time a separate feeling ; which , being mixed with
love or esteem , the capital emotion , hath not been much adverted to . It is a
vague feeling of gratitude , which hath no object ; but which , however , disposes
the ...
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Examples are without number : the sole difficulty is a proper choice . I begin with
self - love , and the power it hath to generate other passions . The love which
parents bear their children , is an illustrious example of the foregoing doctrine .
Examples are without number : the sole difficulty is a proper choice . I begin with
self - love , and the power it hath to generate other passions . The love which
parents bear their children , is an illustrious example of the foregoing doctrine .
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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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