Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... hand , ought to be distinguished from an idea of memory , though their resemblance has occasioned the same term idea to be applied to both ; which is to be regretted , because ambiguity in the signification of words is a great ...
... hand , ought to be distinguished from an idea of memory , though their resemblance has occasioned the same term idea to be applied to both ; which is to be regretted , because ambiguity in the signification of words is a great ...
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... hand , and passion on the other . It is clearly distinguishable from disposition , which , being a branch of one's nature originally , must exist before there can be an opportunity to exert it upon any particular object ; whereas ...
... hand , and passion on the other . It is clearly distinguishable from disposition , which , being a branch of one's nature originally , must exist before there can be an opportunity to exert it upon any particular object ; whereas ...
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... hand in hand with the moral sense , to which indeed it is nearly allied : both of them discover what is right and what is wrong ; fashion , temper and education have an influence to vitiate both , or to preserve them pure and untainted ...
... hand in hand with the moral sense , to which indeed it is nearly allied : both of them discover what is right and what is wrong ; fashion , temper and education have an influence to vitiate both , or to preserve them pure and untainted ...
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... hand , a man void of taste , upon whom even striking beauties make but a faint impression , indulges pride or envy without control , and loves to brood over errors and blemishes . In the next place , ( 5 ) delicacy of taste tends no ...
... hand , a man void of taste , upon whom even striking beauties make but a faint impression , indulges pride or envy without control , and loves to brood over errors and blemishes . In the next place , ( 5 ) delicacy of taste tends no ...
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... hand ; and he was far advanced before the thought struck him , that his private meditations might be publicly useful . N. B. THE ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM , meaning the whole , is a title too assuming for this work . A number of these ...
... hand ; and he was far advanced before the thought struck him , that his private meditations might be publicly useful . N. B. THE ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM , meaning the whole , is a title too assuming for this work . A number of these ...
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