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Perceptions and ideas in a train . MAN while awake is sensible of a continued
train of objects passing in his mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on
the train : nor has he power to vary it by calling up an object at will * . At the same
...
Perceptions and ideas in a train . MAN while awake is sensible of a continued
train of objects passing in his mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on
the train : nor has he power to vary it by calling up an object at will * . At the same
...
Page 385
But an unrelated idea , for which the mind is not prepared , takes time to make a
distinct impression ; and therefore a train composed of such ideas , ought to
proceed with a low pace . Hence an epic poem , a play , or any story connected
in all ...
But an unrelated idea , for which the mind is not prepared , takes time to make a
distinct impression ; and therefore a train composed of such ideas , ought to
proceed with a low pace . Hence an epic poem , a play , or any story connected
in all ...
Page 393
This is even perceptible in a train composed of related objects : much more
where the objects are unrelated ; for an object , unconnected with the former train
, gains not admittance without effort ; and this effort , though scarce perceptible in
a ...
This is even perceptible in a train composed of related objects : much more
where the objects are unrelated ; for an object , unconnected with the former train
, gains not admittance without effort ; and this effort , though scarce perceptible in
a ...
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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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