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... importance in the science of human nature ; and I promise beforehand , that it will be found of great importance in the fine arts . It appears , that the relations by which things are linked together , have a great influence in ...
... importance in the science of human nature ; and I promise beforehand , that it will be found of great importance in the fine arts . It appears , that the relations by which things are linked together , have a great influence in ...
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... importance to incorporate this art into the very essence of their government . All men know , that in Arcadia , the children are early taught to perform hymns and songs composed in honour of their gods and heroes ; and that when they ...
... importance to incorporate this art into the very essence of their government . All men know , that in Arcadia , the children are early taught to perform hymns and songs composed in honour of their gods and heroes ; and that when they ...
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... importance to bestow some pains upon that article ; because , generally speaking , the figurative sense of a word is derived from its proper sense , which holds remarkably at present . Beauty in its original significa- tion , is ...
... importance to bestow some pains upon that article ; because , generally speaking , the figurative sense of a word is derived from its proper sense , which holds remarkably at present . Beauty in its original significa- tion , is ...
Contents
Beauty of Language with respect to Signification | 18 |
Beauty of Language from a resemblance between Sound and Signification | 83 |
Influence of Passion with respect to our Perceptions Opinions and Belief 152 | 112 |
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