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Page vii
... effect , ancient Greece furnishes one shining inftance ; and why should we despair of another in Britain ? IN the commencement of an auspi- cious reign , and even in that early period of life when pleasure commonly is the fole a 4 fole ...
... effect , ancient Greece furnishes one shining inftance ; and why should we despair of another in Britain ? IN the commencement of an auspi- cious reign , and even in that early period of life when pleasure commonly is the fole a 4 fole ...
Page 4
... from the most gro- Du Bos judicioufly obferves , that filence doth not tend to calm an agitated mind ; but that foft and flow mufic hath a fine effect . veling corporeal pleasures , for which only it is fit- veling INTRODUCTION .
... from the most gro- Du Bos judicioufly obferves , that filence doth not tend to calm an agitated mind ; but that foft and flow mufic hath a fine effect . veling corporeal pleasures , for which only it is fit- veling INTRODUCTION .
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... effect , conti- guity in time or in place , high and low , prior and pofterior , refemblance , contraft , and a thousand other relations , connect things together without end . Not a fingle thing appears folitary and alto- gether devoid ...
... effect , conti- guity in time or in place , high and low , prior and pofterior , refemblance , contraft , and a thousand other relations , connect things together without end . Not a fingle thing appears folitary and alto- gether devoid ...
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... effects . But tho ' , in following out an historical chain , our bent is to proceed orderly from causes to their effects , we find not the fame bent in matters of science : there we feem rather difpofed to proceed from effects to their ...
... effects . But tho ' , in following out an historical chain , our bent is to proceed orderly from causes to their effects , we find not the fame bent in matters of science : there we feem rather difpofed to proceed from effects to their ...
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... effect of fome for- mer event , and the cause of others that follow : in fuch a chain , there is nothing to bias the mind from the order of nature . Widely different is fcience , when we endeavour to trace out causes and their effects ...
... effect of fome for- mer event , and the cause of others that follow : in fuch a chain , there is nothing to bias the mind from the order of nature . Widely different is fcience , when we endeavour to trace out causes and their effects ...
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