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Page v
... most falutary laws ; and in the midst of opu- lence , what other means to prevent fuch depra- vity but early and virtuous difcipline ? The British difcipline is fufceptible of great improvements ; and if we can hope for them , it must ...
... most falutary laws ; and in the midst of opu- lence , what other means to prevent fuch depra- vity but early and virtuous difcipline ? The British difcipline is fufceptible of great improvements ; and if we can hope for them , it must ...
Page vi
and endear GEORGE THE THIRD to our latest pofterity . The most elevated and moft - refined pleasure of human nature , is enjoyed by a virtuous prince governing a virtuous people ; and that , by per- fecting the great fyftem of education ...
and endear GEORGE THE THIRD to our latest pofterity . The most elevated and moft - refined pleasure of human nature , is enjoyed by a virtuous prince governing a virtuous people ; and that , by per- fecting the great fyftem of education ...
Page ix
... most common and the most general . Paffion confidered as productive of Action , 2. Power of Sounds to raife Emotions and Paffions , - 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Joy and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Virtue , and its caufe . - 5 ...
... most common and the most general . Paffion confidered as productive of Action , 2. Power of Sounds to raife Emotions and Paffions , - 3. Caufes of the Emotions of Joy and Sorrow , 4. Sympathetic Emotion of Virtue , and its caufe . - 5 ...
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... most fatisfactory experi- ments . Were it not that the delusion is detected by philofophy , no perfon would hefitate to pronounce , that the pleafure arifing from touching a fmooth , foft , and velvet furface , has its exiftence at the ...
... most fatisfactory experi- ments . Were it not that the delusion is detected by philofophy , no perfon would hefitate to pronounce , that the pleafure arifing from touching a fmooth , foft , and velvet furface , has its exiftence at the ...
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... most enticing fort of logic : the prac- tice of reasoning upon fubjects fo agreeable , tends to a habit ; and a habit , ftrengthening the reafon- ing faculties , prepares the mind for entering into fubjects more intricate and abftract ...
... most enticing fort of logic : the prac- tice of reasoning upon fubjects fo agreeable , tends to a habit ; and a habit , ftrengthening the reafon- ing faculties , prepares the mind for entering into fubjects more intricate and abftract ...
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