Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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Page 19
... things together without end . Not a 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 ...
... things together without end . Not a 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 ...
Page 20
... things but what are connected with many others ; and when a thing thus connected becomes a subject of thought , it com- monly suggests many of its connections . Among these a choice is afforded : we can insist upon one , rejecting ...
... things but what are connected with many others ; and when a thing thus connected becomes a subject of thought , it com- monly suggests many of its connections . Among these a choice is afforded : we can insist upon one , rejecting ...
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... things by distant and fanciful relations , which surprise because they are unexpected : such relations , being of ... things of equal rank , such as sheep in a fold , or trees in a wood , it must be indifferent in what order they be ...
... things by distant and fanciful relations , which surprise because they are unexpected : such relations , being of ... things of equal rank , such as sheep in a fold , or trees in a wood , it must be indifferent in what order they be ...
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... things now mentioned , raise emotions by means of their pro- perties and qualities . To the emotion raised by a ... thing to which it belongs ; it might be answered , that such abstraction may serve the purposes of reasoning , but is too ...
... things now mentioned , raise emotions by means of their pro- perties and qualities . To the emotion raised by a ... thing to which it belongs ; it might be answered , that such abstraction may serve the purposes of reasoning , but is too ...
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... things above described , occasion emotions in us , not only in the original survey , but also when recalled to the memory in idea . A field laid out with taste , is pleasant in the recollection , as well as when under our eye : a ...
... things above described , occasion emotions in us , not only in the original survey , but also when recalled to the memory in idea . A field laid out with taste , is pleasant in the recollection , as well as when under our eye : a ...
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