Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... body of the work , the editor has been at great pains to preserve it in as pure a state , and as nearly as it originally came from the pen of the celebrated author , as possible . To effect this purpose , the present edition is printed ...
... body of the work , the editor has been at great pains to preserve it in as pure a state , and as nearly as it originally came from the pen of the celebrated author , as possible . To effect this purpose , the present edition is printed ...
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... body in motion , we follow its natural course : the mind falls with a heavy body , descends with a river , and ascends with flame and smoke . In tracing out a family , we incline to begin ' at the founder , and to descend gradually to ...
... body in motion , we follow its natural course : the mind falls with a heavy body , descends with a river , and ascends with flame and smoke . In tracing out a family , we incline to begin ' at the founder , and to descend gradually to ...
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... body nor of mind . The circumstances now mentioned , if they raise an emotion or passion , cannot be entirely indifferent ; for if so , they could not make any impression . And we find upon examination , that they are not indifferent ...
... body nor of mind . The circumstances now mentioned , if they raise an emotion or passion , cannot be entirely indifferent ; for if so , they could not make any impression . And we find upon examination , that they are not indifferent ...
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... body so and so qualified . ~ Thus , a spreading oak raises a pleasant emotion , by means of its color , figure , umbrage , & c . It is not the color , strictly speaking , that produces the emotion , but the tree colored : it is not the ...
... body so and so qualified . ~ Thus , a spreading oak raises a pleasant emotion , by means of its color , figure , umbrage , & c . It is not the color , strictly speaking , that produces the emotion , but the tree colored : it is not the ...
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... body ; and in no situation does sorrow rise to a greater height , than upon the removal of what makes us happy . The sensibility of our nature serves , in part , to account for these effects . Other causes concur . One is , that violent ...
... body ; and in no situation does sorrow rise to a greater height , than upon the removal of what makes us happy . The sensibility of our nature serves , in part , to account for these effects . Other causes concur . One is , that violent ...
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