Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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... ideas are linked together in the mind , forming a connected chain ; and that we have not the command of any idea independ ent of the chain . VOL . I. B experience , experience , that the train of our thoughts is not continued.
... ideas are linked together in the mind , forming a connected chain ; and that we have not the command of any idea independ ent of the chain . VOL . I. B experience , experience , that the train of our thoughts is not continued.
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... connection ; the only difference is , that fome are intimately connected , fome more flightly fome near , fome at a distance . Experience will fatisfy us of what reason makes probable , that the train of our thoughts is in a great ...
... connection ; the only difference is , that fome are intimately connected , fome more flightly fome near , fome at a distance . Experience will fatisfy us of what reason makes probable , that the train of our thoughts is in a great ...
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... connected becomes a fub ject of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections : among thefe a choice is afforded ; we can infift upon one , rejecting others ; and fometimes we infift on what is commonly held the flighter connection ...
... connected becomes a fub ject of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections : among thefe a choice is afforded ; we can infift upon one , rejecting others ; and fometimes we infift on what is commonly held the flighter connection ...
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Henry Home. 1 rits , a chearful fubject will be introduced by the slightest connection ; and one that is melancholy ... connections . I ascribe this to a bluntness in the difcerning faculty ; for a perfon who cannot accu- rately rately ...
Henry Home. 1 rits , a chearful fubject will be introduced by the slightest connection ; and one that is melancholy ... connections . I ascribe this to a bluntness in the difcerning faculty ; for a perfon who cannot accu- rately rately ...
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Henry Home. rately diftinguish between a flight connection and one that is more intimate , is equally affected by each : fuch a perfon must neceffarily have a great flow of ideas , because they are introduced by any relation ...
Henry Home. rately diftinguish between a flight connection and one that is more intimate , is equally affected by each : fuch a perfon must neceffarily have a great flow of ideas , because they are introduced by any relation ...
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