Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... single thing appears solitary and altogether devoid of connection : the only difference is , For how should this be done ? what idea is it that we are to add ? If we can specify the idea , that idea is already in the mind , and there is ...
... single thing appears solitary and altogether devoid of connection : the only difference is , For how should this be done ? what idea is it that we are to add ? If we can specify the idea , that idea is already in the mind , and there is ...
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... single choice , which is , to continue a little longer in the same train , or to abandon the undertaking altogether . Candor obliges me to intimate this to my readers , that such of them as have an invincible aversion to abstract ...
... single choice , which is , to continue a little longer in the same train , or to abandon the undertaking altogether . Candor obliges me to intimate this to my readers , that such of them as have an invincible aversion to abstract ...
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... confined to such causes of emotion or passion as are the most common and the most general , yet upon examination I find this single part so extensive , as to require a subdivision 26 [ Ch . 2 . EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Emotions end Passions,
... confined to such causes of emotion or passion as are the most common and the most general , yet upon examination I find this single part so extensive , as to require a subdivision 26 [ Ch . 2 . EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS . Emotions end Passions,
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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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... single view of relieving a person from distress , the action is purely social ; but if it be partly in view to enjoy the pleasure of a virtuous act , the action is so far selfish . † * One exception there is , and that is remorse , when ...
... single view of relieving a person from distress , the action is purely social ; but if it be partly in view to enjoy the pleasure of a virtuous act , the action is so far selfish . † * One exception there is , and that is remorse , when ...
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