Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... ourselves . This contri- butes , more than any other article , to the pleasure we feel in ridiculing the follies and abfurdities VOL . II . C abfurdities of others . And accordingly , it is well Ch . X. 17 AND PROPRIETY .
... ourselves . This contri- butes , more than any other article , to the pleasure we feel in ridiculing the follies and abfurdities VOL . II . C abfurdities of others . And accordingly , it is well Ch . X. 17 AND PROPRIETY .
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... pleasures and amuse- ments . If they enlarge the mind by raising grand or elevated emotions , or if they hu- manize the mind by exercifing our fympa- thy , they are approved as fuited to our na- ture : if they contract the mind by ...
... pleasures and amuse- ments . If they enlarge the mind by raising grand or elevated emotions , or if they hu- manize the mind by exercifing our fympa- thy , they are approved as fuited to our na- ture : if they contract the mind by ...
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... Pleasure felt as at the organ of fense , named corporeal pleasure , is perceived to be low ; and when indulged to excefs , beyond what nature demands , is perceived also to be mean . Perfons therefore of any delicacy , diffemble the ...
... Pleasure felt as at the organ of fense , named corporeal pleasure , is perceived to be low ; and when indulged to excefs , beyond what nature demands , is perceived also to be mean . Perfons therefore of any delicacy , diffemble the ...
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... pleasures of the under- standing , which possess a high rank in point of dignity . Of this every one will be sen- fible , when he confiders the important truths that have been laid open by fcience ; fuch as general theorems , and the ...
... pleasures of the under- standing , which possess a high rank in point of dignity . Of this every one will be sen- fible , when he confiders the important truths that have been laid open by fcience ; fuch as general theorems , and the ...
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... pleasures any degree of dignity . And the final cause is not lefs evident of their meannefs , when they are indulged to ex- cefs . The more refined pleasures of exter- nal fenfe , conveyed by the eye and the ear from natural objects and ...
... pleasures any degree of dignity . And the final cause is not lefs evident of their meannefs , when they are indulged to ex- cefs . The more refined pleasures of exter- nal fenfe , conveyed by the eye and the ear from natural objects and ...
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