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Page 44
Human nature is a complicated machine , and must be so to answer all its
purposes . There have indeed been published to the world , many a system of
human nature , that flatter the mind by their fimplicity . But these , unluckily ,
deviate far ...
Human nature is a complicated machine , and must be so to answer all its
purposes . There have indeed been published to the world , many a system of
human nature , that flatter the mind by their fimplicity . But these , unluckily ,
deviate far ...
Page 49
The pleasant or painful emotion that ariseth from contemplating human actions ,
is of a peculiar kind . Human actions are perceived to be right or wrong ; and this
perception qualifies the pleasure or pain that results from them * . Not Not only ...
The pleasant or painful emotion that ariseth from contemplating human actions ,
is of a peculiar kind . Human actions are perceived to be right or wrong ; and this
perception qualifies the pleasure or pain that results from them * . Not Not only ...
Page 169
Wonderful is the delicacy of that writer ' s taste , which fails him not even in the
most refined emotions of human nature . Melancholy music again is suitable to
flight grief , which requires or admits consolation . But deep grief , which refuses
all ...
Wonderful is the delicacy of that writer ' s taste , which fails him not even in the
most refined emotions of human nature . Melancholy music again is suitable to
flight grief , which requires or admits consolation . But deep grief , which refuses
all ...
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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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