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... because in tafting , touching , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion made upon the organ , we are led to place there alfo the pleasant or painful feeling caufed by that impref See the appendix , § 13 . VOL . I. A fion ; but ...
... because in tafting , touching , and fmelling , we are fenfible of the impreffion made upon the organ , we are led to place there alfo the pleasant or painful feeling caufed by that impref See the appendix , § 13 . VOL . I. A fion ; but ...
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... because they give him pain . On the other hand , a man võid of taste , upon whom even ftriking beauties make but a faint impreffion , indulges pride or envy without con- trol , and loves to brood over errors and ble- mishes . In a word ...
... because they give him pain . On the other hand , a man võid of taste , upon whom even ftriking beauties make but a faint impreffion , indulges pride or envy without con- trol , and loves to brood over errors and ble- mishes . In a word ...
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... because cenfuring with a view merely to find fault , cannot be entertaining to any perfon of humanity . Writers , one fhould imagine , ought , above all others , to be referved on that article , when they lie fo open to retaliation ...
... because cenfuring with a view merely to find fault , cannot be entertaining to any perfon of humanity . Writers , one fhould imagine , ought , above all others , to be referved on that article , when they lie fo open to retaliation ...
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... because they are introduced by any relations indifferently ; and the flighter relations , being without number , furnish ideas without end . Tis doctrine is , in a lively manner , illuftrated by Shakspeare : Falstaff . What is the grofs ...
... because they are introduced by any relations indifferently ; and the flighter relations , being without number , furnish ideas without end . Tis doctrine is , in a lively manner , illuftrated by Shakspeare : Falstaff . What is the grofs ...
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... because they are unexpected : fuch relations , being of the flightest kind , readily occur to those only who make every relation equally welcome . Wit , upon that account , is in a good meafure in- compatible with folid judgment ; which ...
... because they are unexpected : fuch relations , being of the flightest kind , readily occur to those only who make every relation equally welcome . Wit , upon that account , is in a good meafure in- compatible with folid judgment ; which ...
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