Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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Page 25
... proportion to the degree of their connection with the principal subject . In the following passage , different things are brought together without the slightest connection , if it be not what may be called verbal , i . e . taking the ...
... proportion to the degree of their connection with the principal subject . In the following passage , different things are brought together without the slightest connection , if it be not what may be called verbal , i . e . taking the ...
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... proportion- ably fainter than that produced by the latter . Having explained the nature of an emotion , and mentioned several causes by which it is produced , we proceed to an observation of con- siderable importance in the science of ...
... proportion- ably fainter than that produced by the latter . Having explained the nature of an emotion , and mentioned several causes by which it is produced , we proceed to an observation of con- siderable importance in the science of ...
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... proportion ; but the remaining pain balances the joy . This mixt emotion , however , has no long endurance ; for the joy that arises upon the diminution of pain , soon vanishes , and leaves in the undisturbed possession , that degree of ...
... proportion ; but the remaining pain balances the joy . This mixt emotion , however , has no long endurance ; for the joy that arises upon the diminution of pain , soon vanishes , and leaves in the undisturbed possession , that degree of ...
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... proportion to the degree of connection . Nor does self - love rest here : it is , by the force of connection , communicated even to things inanimate : and hence the affection a man bears to his property , and to every thing he calls his ...
... proportion to the degree of connection . Nor does self - love rest here : it is , by the force of connection , communicated even to things inanimate : and hence the affection a man bears to his property , and to every thing he calls his ...
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... proportion as an idea is fainter than an original perception . The insight we now have , unfolds that mystery : ideal presence supplies the want of real presence ; and in idea we perceive persons acting and suffering , precisely as in ...
... proportion as an idea is fainter than an original perception . The insight we now have , unfolds that mystery : ideal presence supplies the want of real presence ; and in idea we perceive persons acting and suffering , precisely as in ...
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