Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... thought , inclining , resolving , willing , & c . Neither is it the conception of a relation among objects ; a conception of that kind being termed opinion . The term sentiment is appropriated to such thoughts as are prompted by passion ...
... thought , inclining , resolving , willing , & c . Neither is it the conception of a relation among objects ; a conception of that kind being termed opinion . The term sentiment is appropriated to such thoughts as are prompted by passion ...
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... thought No better a musician than the wren.- Merchant of Venice . 35. In matters of slight importance , attention is mostly directed by will ; and for that reason , it is our own fault if trifling objects make any deep impression . Had ...
... thought No better a musician than the wren.- Merchant of Venice . 35. In matters of slight importance , attention is mostly directed by will ; and for that reason , it is our own fault if trifling objects make any deep impression . Had ...
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... 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 elements or principles are here unfolded : but ...
... 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 elements or principles are here unfolded : but ...
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... thought . Taking a view of external objects , their inherent properties are not more remarkable than the various relations that connect them to- gether . Cause and effect , contiguity in time or in place , high and low , prior and ...
... thought . Taking a view of external objects , their inherent properties are not more remarkable than the various relations that connect them to- gether . Cause and effect , contiguity in time or in place , high and low , prior and ...
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... thought , it commonly suggests many of its connections : aznong these a choice is afforded ; we can insist upon one , rejecting others ; and sometimes we insist on what is commonly held the slighter connection . Where ideas are left to ...
... thought , it commonly suggests many of its connections : aznong these a choice is afforded ; we can insist upon one , rejecting others ; and sometimes we insist on what is commonly held the slighter connection . Where ideas are left to ...
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