Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... require extraordinary culture * - such as arise from poetry , painting , sculpture , music , gardening , and architecture . This , especially , is the duty of the opulent , who have leisure to improve their minds and their feelings ...
... require extraordinary culture * - such as arise from poetry , painting , sculpture , music , gardening , and architecture . This , especially , is the duty of the opulent , who have leisure to improve their minds and their feelings ...
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... requires no activity on his part to carry on the train ; nor can he at will add any idea to the train . * At the same time , we learn from daily experience , that the train of our thoughts is not regulated by chance : and if it depend ...
... requires no activity on his part to carry on the train ; nor can he at will add any idea to the train . * At the same time , we learn from daily experience , that the train of our thoughts is not regulated by chance : and if it depend ...
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... require a certain order , the pleasure arises chiefly from an orderly arrangement ; of which one is sensible , in tracing objects contrary to the course of nature , or contrary to our sense of order . The mind proceeds with alacrity ...
... require a certain order , the pleasure arises chiefly from an orderly arrangement ; of which one is sensible , in tracing objects contrary to the course of nature , or contrary to our sense of order . The mind proceeds with alacrity ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames Abraham Mills. single part so extensive , as to require a subdivision into several sec- tions . Human nature is a complicated machine , and is unavoidably so , in order to answer its various purposes . The public ...
Lord Henry Home Kames Abraham Mills. single part so extensive , as to require a subdivision into several sec- tions . Human nature is a complicated machine , and is unavoidably so , in order to answer its various purposes . The public ...
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... requires reflection to discover their true character . I see one delivering a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what intention the money is given . If it be given to dis- charge a debt ...
... requires reflection to discover their true character . I see one delivering a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what intention the money is given . If it be given to dis- charge a debt ...
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