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... becomes fafhionable ; and , infecting all ranks , extinguishes the amor patrie , and every fpark of public fpirit . To prevent or to retard fuch fatal corruption , the genius of an Alfred cannot devife any means more efficacious , than ...
... becomes fafhionable ; and , infecting all ranks , extinguishes the amor patrie , and every fpark of public fpirit . To prevent or to retard fuch fatal corruption , the genius of an Alfred cannot devife any means more efficacious , than ...
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... become a laudable entertainment . They are not , however , set on a level with the purely intellectual ; being no lefs inferior in dignity to intellectual pleasures , than we After the utmost efforts , we find it beyond our power to ...
... become a laudable entertainment . They are not , however , set on a level with the purely intellectual ; being no lefs inferior in dignity to intellectual pleasures , than we After the utmost efforts , we find it beyond our power to ...
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... becomes painful by overstrain- ing the mind : ceffation from fuch exercife gives . not inftant relief ; it is neceffary that the void be filled with fome amufement , gently relaxing the fpirits organic pleafure , which hath no relish ...
... becomes painful by overstrain- ing the mind : ceffation from fuch exercife gives . not inftant relief ; it is neceffary that the void be filled with fome amufement , gently relaxing the fpirits organic pleafure , which hath no relish ...
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... become a rational science ; and , like mos rals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refine- ment . Manifold are the advantages of criticifm , when thus ftudied as a rational fcience . In the first place , a thorough acquaintance ...
... become a rational science ; and , like mos rals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refine- ment . Manifold are the advantages of criticifm , when thus ftudied as a rational fcience . In the first place , a thorough acquaintance ...
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... becomes a fub- jea of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connexions among thefe a choice is afforded ; we can infift upon one ; rejecting others ; and fometimes we infift on what is commonly held the flighter connexion . Where ...
... becomes a fub- jea of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connexions among thefe a choice is afforded ; we can infift upon one ; rejecting others ; and fometimes we infift on what is commonly held the flighter connexion . Where ...
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