Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... cause and effect . The fituation of a great house ought to be lofty ; for the relation betwixt an edifice and the ground it ftands of the most intimate kind . ( upon , is Its relation to plains , being demands but a neighbouring hills ...
... cause and effect . The fituation of a great house ought to be lofty ; for the relation betwixt an edifice and the ground it ftands of the most intimate kind . ( upon , is Its relation to plains , being demands but a neighbouring hills ...
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... cause of propriety as to moral duties , is of all the most illuftrious . To have a just notion of it , the two forts of moral duties must be kept in view , viz . those that respect others , and those that re- spect ourselves . Fidelity ...
... cause of propriety as to moral duties , is of all the most illuftrious . To have a just notion of it , the two forts of moral duties must be kept in view , viz . those that respect others , and those that re- spect ourselves . Fidelity ...
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... cause now unfolded of the sense of propriety , must , to every difcerning eye , appear delightful ; and yet hitherto we have given but a partial view of it . The sense of propriety reaches another illustrious end ; which is , to co ...
... cause now unfolded of the sense of propriety , must , to every difcerning eye , appear delightful ; and yet hitherto we have given but a partial view of it . The sense of propriety reaches another illustrious end ; which is , to co ...
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... cause . So far as I can gather from induction , dignity is not a property of any disagreea- ble paffion . One is flight another severe , one depreffes the mind another roufes and animates it ; but there is no elevation , far lefs ...
... cause . So far as I can gather from induction , dignity is not a property of any disagreea- ble paffion . One is flight another severe , one depreffes the mind another roufes and animates it ; but there is no elevation , far lefs ...
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... cause . This preference is no where more visible , than in contemplating the works of nature . If in the efficient caufe , wif- dom and power be displayed , wisdom is not lefs confpicuous in the final caufe ; and from it only can we ...
... cause . This preference is no where more visible , than in contemplating the works of nature . If in the efficient caufe , wif- dom and power be displayed , wisdom is not lefs confpicuous in the final caufe ; and from it only can we ...
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