Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... example , after a profound sleep . But , though we cannot add to the train an unconnected idea , yet , in a measure , we can attend to some ideas , and dismiss others . There are few things but what are connected with many others ; and ...
... example , after a profound sleep . But , though we cannot add to the train an unconnected idea , yet , in a measure , we can attend to some ideas , and dismiss others . There are few things but what are connected with many others ; and ...
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... examples , the author , forgetting his subject , enters upon a declamation against avarice , which he pursues till the ... example , the descent of Æneas into hell , which employs the sixth book of the Æneid . The reader is not prepared ...
... examples , the author , forgetting his subject , enters upon a declamation against avarice , which he pursues till the ... example , the descent of Æneas into hell , which employs the sixth book of the Æneid . The reader is not prepared ...
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... example , but a pleasant emotion raised by a sight or idea of the beloved female , joined with desire of enjoyment ? In what else consists the passion of resentment , but in a painful emotion occasioned by the injury , accompanied with ...
... example , but a pleasant emotion raised by a sight or idea of the beloved female , joined with desire of enjoyment ? In what else consists the passion of resentment , but in a painful emotion occasioned by the injury , accompanied with ...
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... example - The pernicious effect of English comedy . UPON a review I find the foregoing section almost wholly em . ployed upon emotions and passions raised by objects of sight , though doing good to others ? And admitting a principle of ...
... example - The pernicious effect of English comedy . UPON a review I find the foregoing section almost wholly em . ployed upon emotions and passions raised by objects of sight , though doing good to others ? And admitting a principle of ...
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... example commands the heart , and adds to virtue , the force of habit . We approve every virtuous action , and bestow our affection on the author ; but if virtuous actions produced no other effect upon us , good example would not have ...
... example commands the heart , and adds to virtue , the force of habit . We approve every virtuous action , and bestow our affection on the author ; but if virtuous actions produced no other effect upon us , good example would not have ...
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