Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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... fome years spent in acquiring languages , hurries us , without the least preparatory discipline , into the most pro- found philofophy . A more effectual method to alienate the tender mind from abftra & t fcience , is beyond the reach of ...
... fome years spent in acquiring languages , hurries us , without the least preparatory discipline , into the most pro- found philofophy . A more effectual method to alienate the tender mind from abftra & t fcience , is beyond the reach of ...
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... fome progrefs in that important fcience , he is however too fenfible of its extent and difficulty , to under- take it profeffedly , or to avow it as the chief pur- pose of the present work . To cenfure works , not men , is the juft ...
... fome progrefs in that important fcience , he is however too fenfible of its extent and difficulty , to under- take it profeffedly , or to avow it as the chief pur- pose of the present work . To cenfure works , not men , is the juft ...
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Henry Home. are in fome measure unavoidable . Neither pre- tends he to juftify his tafte in every particular : that point must be extremely clear , which admits not variety of opinion ; and in some matters fuf- ceptible of great ...
Henry Home. are in fome measure unavoidable . Neither pre- tends he to juftify his tafte in every particular : that point must be extremely clear , which admits not variety of opinion ; and in some matters fuf- ceptible of great ...
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... 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 measure regulated by the foregoing relations : an external object is no fooner ...
... 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 measure regulated by the foregoing relations : an external object is no fooner ...
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... fome ideas , and difmifs others . There are few things but what are connected with many others ; and when a thing thus connected becomes a fub ject of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections : among thefe a choice is ...
... fome ideas , and difmifs others . There are few things but what are connected with many others ; and when a thing thus connected becomes a fub ject of thought , it commonly fuggefts many of its connections : among thefe a choice is ...
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