Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... example , after a profound sleep . 55. But , though we cannot add to the train an unconnected idea , yet in a measure we can attend to some ideas , and dismiss others . There are few things but what are connected with many others ; and ...
... example , after a profound sleep . 55. But , though we cannot add to the train an unconnected idea , yet in a measure we can attend to some ideas , and dismiss others . There are few things but what are connected with many others ; and ...
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... example the descent of Æneas into hell , which employs the sixth book of the Æneid : the reader is not prepared for that important event : no cause is assigned that can make it appear necessary , or even natural , to suspend for so long ...
... example the descent of Æneas into hell , which employs the sixth book of the Æneid : the reader is not prepared for that important event : no cause is assigned that can make it appear necessary , or even natural , to suspend for so long ...
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... examples , the good qualities or good offices that attract my love , are antecedently agreeable if an injury did not ... Examples 71. Remarks on foregoing examples . 72. What we love - what we hate . conscious of pleasure or pain : a ...
... examples , the good qualities or good offices that attract my love , are antecedently agreeable if an injury did not ... Examples 71. Remarks on foregoing examples . 72. What we love - what we hate . conscious of pleasure or pain : a ...
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... example , raised by human actions and qualities : a vir- tuous action raiseth in every spectator a pleasant emotion , which is commonly attended with desire to reward the author of the action : a vicious action , on the contrary ...
... example , raised by human actions and qualities : a vir- tuous action raiseth in every spectator a pleasant emotion , which is commonly attended with desire to reward the author of the action : a vicious action , on the contrary ...
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... example commands the heart , and adds to virtue the force of habit . We approve every virtuous action , and bestow our affection on the author ; but if virtuous actions produced no other effect upon us , good example would not have ...
... example commands the heart , and adds to virtue the force of habit . We approve every virtuous action , and bestow our affection on the author ; but if virtuous actions produced no other effect upon us , good example would not have ...
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