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... reason than to resign its powers to the influence of the air , and live in dependence on the weather and the wind , for the only blessings which nature has put into our power , tranquillity and benevolence . To look up to the sky for ...
... reason than to resign its powers to the influence of the air , and live in dependence on the weather and the wind , for the only blessings which nature has put into our power , tranquillity and benevolence . To look up to the sky for ...
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... reason why we approve and admire it , as we approve and admire customs and fashions of dress for no other reason than that we are used to them ; so that though habit and custom cannot be said to be the cause of beauty , it is certainly ...
... reason why we approve and admire it , as we approve and admire customs and fashions of dress for no other reason than that we are used to them ; so that though habit and custom cannot be said to be the cause of beauty , it is certainly ...
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... reason , will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful form ; for we have no criterion of form by which to deter- mine our judgement . He who says a swan is more beauti- ful than a dove ...
... reason , will be readily granted ; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful form ; for we have no criterion of form by which to deter- mine our judgement . He who says a swan is more beauti- ful than a dove ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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