Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... writers have been able to extract from it death and destruction to the whole world , levelling all down to a mere chaos of ... writer , discovering that Berkeley's arguments might with equal success be applied against immaterial beings ...
... writers have been able to extract from it death and destruction to the whole world , levelling all down to a mere chaos of ... writer , discovering that Berkeley's arguments might with equal success be applied against immaterial beings ...
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... 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 , entertains not even the ...
... 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 , entertains not even the ...
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... writers , man is entirely a selfish being ; according to others , universal benevolence 67. The relations among objects affect our conduct . 68. Feelings that are distinguished by the name of passions . Their connection with the fine ...
... writers , man is entirely a selfish being ; according to others , universal benevolence 67. The relations among objects affect our conduct . 68. Feelings that are distinguished by the name of passions . Their connection with the fine ...
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... writers to be who thus employ the talents they have from their Maker most traitorously against himself , by endeavoring to corrupt and disfigure his crea- tures ! If the comedies of Congreve did not rack him with remorse in his last ...
... writers to be who thus employ the talents they have from their Maker most traitorously against himself , by endeavoring to corrupt and disfigure his crea- tures ! If the comedies of Congreve did not rack him with remorse in his last ...
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... writers upon ethics ; but a man may be convinced of its reality , by attentively watching his own heart when he thinks 96. In what cases do joy and sorrow rise to the greatest height ? The causes assigned . Quotation from Venice ...
... writers upon ethics ; but a man may be convinced of its reality , by attentively watching his own heart when he thinks 96. In what cases do joy and sorrow rise to the greatest height ? The causes assigned . Quotation from Venice ...
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