Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... of propriety is at times overpowered by pride and vanity ; which is no fingular cafe , for this fome- times is the fate even of the fense of justice . We we should be fo formed , as to require among 6 Ch . X. CONGRUITY.
... of propriety is at times overpowered by pride and vanity ; which is no fingular cafe , for this fome- times is the fate even of the fense of justice . We we should be fo formed , as to require among 6 Ch . X. CONGRUITY.
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Lord Henry Home Kames. we should be fo formed , as to require among connected objects a degree of congruity pro- portioned to the degree of the relation . And upon examination we find this to hold in fact . Where the relation is ftrong ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. we should be fo formed , as to require among connected objects a degree of congruity pro- portioned to the degree of the relation . And upon examination we find this to hold in fact . Where the relation is ftrong ...
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... should inclu- ded in the moral fenfe , that makes justice a law to us . This consciousness of duty , when applied to propriety , is perhaps not so vigo- rous or ftrong as when applied to justice : but the difference is in degree only ...
... should inclu- ded in the moral fenfe , that makes justice a law to us . This consciousness of duty , when applied to propriety , is perhaps not so vigo- rous or ftrong as when applied to justice : but the difference is in degree only ...
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... ; and to qualify him for fociety , it is wifely contrived , that he should value himself more for being focial than felfish . The The excellency of man is chiefly difcern- ible in the Ch . XI . DIGNITY AND MEANNESS . 37.
... ; and to qualify him for fociety , it is wifely contrived , that he should value himself more for being focial than felfish . The The excellency of man is chiefly difcern- ible in the Ch . XI . DIGNITY AND MEANNESS . 37.
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... should be e- fteemed according to their importance . Nature has here deviated from her ordinary path , and great wifdom is fhown in the de- viation . The efficient caufe is explained above ; and the final caufe is explained in the ...
... should be e- fteemed according to their importance . Nature has here deviated from her ordinary path , and great wifdom is fhown in the de- viation . The efficient caufe is explained above ; and the final caufe is explained in the ...
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