Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... color , motion , & c .: by the ear we perceive the different qualities of sound , high , low , loud , soft : by touch we perceive rough , smooth , hot , cold ; & c .: by taste we perceive sweet , sour , bitter , & c .: by smell we ...
... color , motion , & c .: by the ear we perceive the different qualities of sound , high , low , loud , soft : by touch we perceive rough , smooth , hot , cold ; & c .: by taste we perceive sweet , sour , bitter , & c .: by smell we ...
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... color , sound , taste , smell , & c . Sensation properly signifies that internal act by which we are made conscious of pleasure or pain felt at the organ of sense : thus we have a sensation of the pleasure arising from warmth , from a ...
... color , sound , taste , smell , & c . Sensation properly signifies that internal act by which we are made conscious of pleasure or pain felt at the organ of sense : thus we have a sensation of the pleasure arising from warmth , from a ...
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... color , figure , size . But as an action is not resolva- ble into parts , a perception , being an act of sense , is always simple . The color , figure , umbrage of a spreading oak , raise not different perceptions : the perception is ...
... color , figure , size . But as an action is not resolva- ble into parts , a perception , being an act of sense , is always simple . The color , figure , umbrage of a spreading oak , raise not different perceptions : the perception is ...
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... color , and sometimes motion : in a flowing river , I distinguish color , figure , and constant motion ; a dye has color , black spots , six plain surfaces , all equal and uniform . Objects of touch have all of them extension : some of ...
... color , and sometimes motion : in a flowing river , I distinguish color , figure , and constant motion ; a dye has color , black spots , six plain surfaces , all equal and uniform . Objects of touch have all of them extension : some of ...
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... color of a tree , are inseparably connected , and have no independent existence ; the same of length , breadth , and thickness : and yet we can mentally confine our observations to one of these , abstracting from the rest . Here ...
... color of a tree , are inseparably connected , and have no independent existence ; the same of length , breadth , and thickness : and yet we can mentally confine our observations to one of these , abstracting from the rest . Here ...
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