Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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Page 17
... capital of a pillar ; and in the length , the breadth , the height of a room : some proportion is also required in different things intimately con- nected , as between a dwelling - house , the garden , and the stables ; but we require ...
... capital of a pillar ; and in the length , the breadth , the height of a room : some proportion is also required in different things intimately con- nected , as between a dwelling - house , the garden , and the stables ; but we require ...
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... capital branch of every social passion . Sympathy invites a communication of joys and sorrows , hopes and fears : such exercise , soothing and satisfactory in itself , is necessarily productive of mutual good - will and affection . One ...
... capital branch of every social passion . Sympathy invites a communication of joys and sorrows , hopes and fears : such exercise , soothing and satisfactory in itself , is necessarily productive of mutual good - will and affection . One ...
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... 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 of action , because perception ...
... 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 of action , because perception ...
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... capital circumstance in human actions , is not visible , it requires reflection to discover their true character . I see one deliver- ing a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what ...
... capital circumstance in human actions , is not visible , it requires reflection to discover their true character . I see one deliver- ing a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what ...
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... capital picture in the pos- session of a prince , is seldom accompanied with desire ; but if such a picture be exposed to sale , desire of having or possessing is the natural consequence of a strong emotion . : 79. It is a truth ...
... capital picture in the pos- session of a prince , is seldom accompanied with desire ; but if such a picture be exposed to sale , desire of having or possessing is the natural consequence of a strong emotion . : 79. It is a truth ...
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