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Page 76
TN the first chapter it is observed , that the relations by which things are mutually
connected , have a remarkable influence in regulating the train of our ideas . I
here add , that they have an influence not less remarkable , in generating
emotions ...
TN the first chapter it is observed , that the relations by which things are mutually
connected , have a remarkable influence in regulating the train of our ideas . I
here add , that they have an influence not less remarkable , in generating
emotions ...
Page 196
The power of passion to falsify the computation of time , is the more remarkable ,
that time , which hath an accurate measure , is less obfequious to our desires and
wishes , than objects which have no precise standard of less or more .
The power of passion to falsify the computation of time , is the more remarkable ,
that time , which hath an accurate measure , is less obfequious to our desires and
wishes , than objects which have no precise standard of less or more .
Page 416
A correspondence so perfect betwixt the human mind and the works of nature , is
extremely remarkable . The opposition betwixt variety and uniformity is so great ,
that one would not readily imagine they could both be relished by the same ...
A correspondence so perfect betwixt the human mind and the works of nature , is
extremely remarkable . The opposition betwixt variety and uniformity is so great ,
that one would not readily imagine they could both be relished by the same ...
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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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