Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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Page 15
... never to be swayed a second time . He has now an addi- tional motive to virtue , a conviction derived from experience , that happiness depends on regularity and order , and that disregard to justice or propriety never fails to be ...
... never to be swayed a second time . He has now an addi- tional motive to virtue , a conviction derived from experience , that happiness depends on regularity and order , and that disregard to justice or propriety never fails to be ...
Page 16
... never once have stumbled upon the question , whether , and how far , do these rules agree with human nature . It could not surely be his opinion , that these poets , however eminent for genius , were entitled to give law to mankind ...
... never once have stumbled upon the question , whether , and how far , do these rules agree with human nature . It could not surely be his opinion , that these poets , however eminent for genius , were entitled to give law to mankind ...
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... never abstracts ; by that organ we per- ceive things as they really exist , and never perceive a quality as separated from the subject . Hence it must be evident , that emotions are raised , not by qualities abstractly considered , but ...
... never abstracts ; by that organ we per- ceive things as they really exist , and never perceive a quality as separated from the subject . Hence it must be evident , that emotions are raised , not by qualities abstractly considered , but ...
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... never is the object of desire . No man in his right senses desires to walk on the clouds , or to descend to the centre of the earth we may amuse ourselves in a reverie , with building castles in the air , and wishing for what can never ...
... never is the object of desire . No man in his right senses desires to walk on the clouds , or to descend to the centre of the earth we may amuse ourselves in a reverie , with building castles in the air , and wishing for what can never ...
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... never to relax , in any degree , their musical discipline ; and it ought to open the eyes of the Cynætheans , and make them sensible of what importance it would be to restore music to their city , and every discipline that may soften ...
... never to relax , in any degree , their musical discipline ; and it ought to open the eyes of the Cynætheans , and make them sensible of what importance it would be to restore music to their city , and every discipline that may soften ...
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