Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 57
... individuals in fociety , one is re- markable it is that principle which makes us earnestly wish , that others fhould enter into our concerns and think and feel as wẻ do ‡ . This focial principle , when inflamed by a plaintive paffion ...
... individuals in fociety , one is re- markable it is that principle which makes us earnestly wish , that others fhould enter into our concerns and think and feel as wẻ do ‡ . This focial principle , when inflamed by a plaintive paffion ...
Page 208
... individuals in the social state , no one particular contri- butes more than language , by the power it pofleffes poffeffes of an expeditious communication of thought and a lively 208 Ch . XXI . NARRATION AND Videre feffos vomerem ...
... individuals in the social state , no one particular contri- butes more than language , by the power it pofleffes poffeffes of an expeditious communication of thought and a lively 208 Ch . XXI . NARRATION AND Videre feffos vomerem ...
Page 261
... individuals , or to his country in general ; and he propofes means and lays schemes to attain the end proposed . Here is recognised a capital end or event , con- nected with fubordinate events or incidents by the relation of caufation ...
... individuals , or to his country in general ; and he propofes means and lays schemes to attain the end proposed . Here is recognised a capital end or event , con- nected with fubordinate events or incidents by the relation of caufation ...
Page 353
... individuals , it is not obvious what standard must be ap- pealed to .. Is not every man equally a judge of what is agreeable or difagreeable to himself ? Doth it not feem odd , and per- haps abfurd , that a man ought not to be pleased ...
... individuals , it is not obvious what standard must be ap- pealed to .. Is not every man equally a judge of what is agreeable or difagreeable to himself ? Doth it not feem odd , and per- haps abfurd , that a man ought not to be pleased ...
Page 354
... individual , it cannot be tafte , but cu- stom , imitation , or fome peculiarity of mind . Nature in her scale of ... individuals may be contented with their own lot , without en- vying the happiness of others ; many hands must be ...
... individual , it cannot be tafte , but cu- stom , imitation , or fome peculiarity of mind . Nature in her scale of ... individuals may be contented with their own lot , without en- vying the happiness of others ; many hands must be ...
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