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Page 75
... single man for living in the fame town with myfelf ; my townfmen , however , confidered in a body , are preferred before others . This is fill more re- markable with refpect to my countrymen in gene-- ral : the grandeur of the complex ...
... single man for living in the fame town with myfelf ; my townfmen , however , confidered in a body , are preferred before others . This is fill more re- markable with refpect to my countrymen in gene-- ral : the grandeur of the complex ...
Page 150
... single combat , falls by the hand of Don Ro- drigue . : This produceth another beautiful fituation re- fpeding Chimene , which , making part of the fame ftory , is placed here , though it properly belongs to the foregoing head . It ...
... single combat , falls by the hand of Don Ro- drigue . : This produceth another beautiful fituation re- fpeding Chimene , which , making part of the fame ftory , is placed here , though it properly belongs to the foregoing head . It ...
Page 239
... Single thoughts or fentiments , I know , are often cited as exam- ples of the fublime ; but their effect is far inferior to that of a grand subject difplayed in its capital parts . I fhall give a few examples , that the read- er may ...
... Single thoughts or fentiments , I know , are often cited as exam- ples of the fublime ; but their effect is far inferior to that of a grand subject difplayed in its capital parts . I fhall give a few examples , that the read- er may ...
Page 314
... in a train of related perceptions ; much more of unrelated perceptions , which gain not ad- mittance without effort : the effort , it is true , is fcarce perceptible in a single instance ; but by 314 Ch . IX : UNIFORMITY.
... in a train of related perceptions ; much more of unrelated perceptions , which gain not ad- mittance without effort : the effort , it is true , is fcarce perceptible in a single instance ; but by 314 Ch . IX : UNIFORMITY.
Page 315
is fcarce perceptible in a single instance ; but by frequent reiteration it becomes exceedingly pain- ful . Whatever be the cause , the fact is certain , that a man never finds himself more at ease , than when his perceptions fucceed ...
is fcarce perceptible in a single instance ; but by frequent reiteration it becomes exceedingly pain- ful . Whatever be the cause , the fact is certain , that a man never finds himself more at ease , than when his perceptions fucceed ...
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