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... effect , ancient Greece furnishes one shining inftance ; and why fhould we despair of another in Britain ? In the commencement of an aufpicious reign , and even in that early period of life when plea- fure commonly is the fole purfuit ...
... effect , ancient Greece furnishes one shining inftance ; and why fhould we despair of another in Britain ? In the commencement of an aufpicious reign , and even in that early period of life when plea- fure commonly is the fole purfuit ...
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... effects , it will be fufficient to run over the following particulars . Organic pleasures have naturally a fhort duration ; when prolonged , they lofe their relifh ; when indulged to excefs , they beget fatiety and difguft : and to ...
... effects , it will be fufficient to run over the following particulars . Organic pleasures have naturally a fhort duration ; when prolonged , they lofe their relifh ; when indulged to excefs , they beget fatiety and difguft : and to ...
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... that filence doth not tend to calm an agitated mind ; but that foft and flow mufic bath a fine effect . gratification of sensual appetite ; and the mind , once 4 INTRODUCTION . The Means or Inftrument conceived to the agent,
... that filence doth not tend to calm an agitated mind ; but that foft and flow mufic bath a fine effect . gratification of sensual appetite ; and the mind , once 4 INTRODUCTION . The Means or Inftrument conceived to the agent,
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... effect , conti- guity in time or in place , high and low , prior and pofterior , refemblance , contraft , and a thoufand other relations , connect things together without end . Not a fingle thing appears folitary and alto- gether devoid ...
... effect , conti- guity in time or in place , high and low , prior and pofterior , refemblance , contraft , and a thoufand other relations , connect things together without end . Not a fingle thing appears folitary and alto- gether devoid ...
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... effects . But though , in following out a hiftorical chain ' , our bent is to proceed orderly from caufes t t eir effects , we find not the fame bent in matters of fcience : there we feem rather difpofed to proceed from effects to their ...
... effects . But though , in following out a hiftorical chain ' , our bent is to proceed orderly from caufes t t eir effects , we find not the fame bent in matters of fcience : there we feem rather difpofed to proceed from effects to their ...
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