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Page 76
... influence in regulating the train of our ideas . I here add , that they have an influence not lefs remarkable , in generating emotions and paffions . Beginning with the former , it holds in fact , that an agreeable object makes every ...
... influence in regulating the train of our ideas . I here add , that they have an influence not lefs remarkable , in generating emotions and paffions . Beginning with the former , it holds in fact , that an agreeable object makes every ...
Page 121
... influence which language hath over the heart ; an influence , which , more than any other means , ftrengthens the bond of society , and attracts individuals from their private system to exert themselves in acts of genero- fity and ...
... influence which language hath over the heart ; an influence , which , more than any other means , ftrengthens the bond of society , and attracts individuals from their private system to exert themselves in acts of genero- fity and ...
Page 199
... Influenced by this propensity , we often rafhly conceive , that good or bad weather will never have an end ; and in natural philosophy , writers , influenced by the fame propenfity , ftretch commonly their analogical reasonings beyond ...
... Influenced by this propensity , we often rafhly conceive , that good or bad weather will never have an end ; and in natural philosophy , writers , influenced by the fame propenfity , ftretch commonly their analogical reasonings beyond ...
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