Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... real or ideal presence of its object , vanishes with its object : whereas affection is a lasting connection ; and like other connections , subsists even when we do not think of the person . A familiar 18 INTRODUCTION .
... real or ideal presence of its object , vanishes with its object : whereas affection is a lasting connection ; and like other connections , subsists even when we do not think of the person . A familiar 18 INTRODUCTION .
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... person : we have an aversion to another : the former disposes us to do good to its object , the latter to do ill . 33. What is a sentiment ? It is not a perception ; for a perception signifies the act by which we become conscious of ...
... person : we have an aversion to another : the former disposes us to do good to its object , the latter to do ill . 33. What is a sentiment ? It is not a perception ; for a perception signifies the act by which we become conscious of ...
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... person endued with that quality ; nor that he can form an idea of weight , till he takes under consideration a body that is weighty . And when he takes under consideration a body endued with one or other of the properties mentioned ...
... person endued with that quality ; nor that he can form an idea of weight , till he takes under consideration a body that is weighty . And when he takes under consideration a body endued with one or other of the properties mentioned ...
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... person would hesitate to pronounce , that the pleasure arising from touching a smooth , soft , and velvet surface , has its existence at the ends of the fingers , without once dreaming of its existing anywhere else . them , produced ...
... person would hesitate to pronounce , that the pleasure arising from touching a smooth , soft , and velvet surface , has its existence at the ends of the fingers , without once dreaming of its existing anywhere else . them , produced ...
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... person of humanity . Writers , one should imagine , ought , above all others , to be reserved on that article , when they lie so open to retaliation . The author of this treatise , far from being confident of meriting no censure ...
... person of humanity . Writers , one should imagine , ought , above all others , to be reserved on that article , when they lie so open to retaliation . The author of this treatise , far from being confident of meriting no censure ...
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