Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... writers great opportunity of receiving instruction from every quarter . The author of this treatise , having always been of opinion that ... writer , who must be possessed of 12633 / + 15 58 884 the thought before he can put it into words ,
... writers great opportunity of receiving instruction from every quarter . The author of this treatise , having always been of opinion that ... writer , who must be possessed of 12633 / + 15 58 884 the thought before he can put it into words ,
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... writers , man is entirely a selfish being : according to others , universal benevolence is his duty : one founds morality upon sympathy solely , and one upon utility . If any of these systems were copied from nature , the present ...
... writers , man is entirely a selfish being : according to others , universal benevolence is his duty : one founds morality upon sympathy solely , and one upon utility . If any of these systems were copied from nature , the present ...
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... Grace ? How odious ought writers to be , who thus employ the talents they have received from their Maker * Polybius , Lib . 4. cap . 3 . most traitorously against himself , by endeavoring to corrupt anu 36 [ Ch . 2 . EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS .
... Grace ? How odious ought writers to be , who thus employ the talents they have received from their Maker * Polybius , Lib . 4. cap . 3 . most traitorously against himself , by endeavoring to corrupt anu 36 [ Ch . 2 . EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS .
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... writers , that their comedies are entertaining ; unless it could be maintained , that wit and sprightliness are better suited to a vicious than a virtuous character . It would grieve me to think so ; and the direct contrary is ...
... writers , that their comedies are entertaining ; unless it could be maintained , that wit and sprightliness are better suited to a vicious than a virtuous character . It would grieve me to think so ; and the direct contrary is ...
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... writers upon ethics ; but a man may be convinced of its reality , by attentive- ly watching his own heart when he thinks warmly of any signal act of gratitude : he will be conscious of the feeling , as distinct from the esteem or ...
... writers upon ethics ; but a man may be convinced of its reality , by attentive- ly watching his own heart when he thinks warmly of any signal act of gratitude : he will be conscious of the feeling , as distinct from the esteem or ...
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