Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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Page 35
... arrangement ; of which one is sensible in tracing objects contrary to the course of nature , or contrary to our sense of order : the mind proceeds with alacrity down a flowing river , and with the same alacrity from a whole to its parts ...
... arrangement ; of which one is sensible in tracing objects contrary to the course of nature , or contrary to our sense of order : the mind proceeds with alacrity down a flowing river , and with the same alacrity from a whole to its parts ...
Page 37
... arrangement . Relations make no capital figure in the mind , the bulk of them being transitory , and some extremely trivial they are , however , the links that , by uniting our perceptions into one connected chain , produce connection ...
... arrangement . Relations make no capital figure in the mind , the bulk of them being transitory , and some extremely trivial they are , however , the links that , by uniting our perceptions into one connected chain , produce connection ...
Page 136
... arranged under that species of beauty , which , right or wrong , is called physical beauty . " If , from the world of sense , we elevate ourselves to that of mind , truth , and science , we shall find there beauties more severe , but ...
... arranged under that species of beauty , which , right or wrong , is called physical beauty . " If , from the world of sense , we elevate ourselves to that of mind , truth , and science , we shall find there beauties more severe , but ...
Page 148
... the force of 238. Motion in itself agreeable . - Rest , a matter of indifference . - Advantage of this arrangement . gravity , compared with upward motion regularly . retarded by 148 MOTION AND FORCE . Motion and Force.
... the force of 238. Motion in itself agreeable . - Rest , a matter of indifference . - Advantage of this arrangement . gravity , compared with upward motion regularly . retarded by 148 MOTION AND FORCE . Motion and Force.
Page 155
... arrangement . But experience teaches , that even without any decay of remembrance ,. absence alone will give an air of novelty to a once familiar object ; which is not surprising , because familiarity wears off gradually by absence ...
... arrangement . But experience teaches , that even without any decay of remembrance ,. absence alone will give an air of novelty to a once familiar object ; which is not surprising , because familiarity wears off gradually by absence ...
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