Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Bell, 1785 - 518 pages |
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... hand by a stone , up- on the palate by an apricot , " and upon the noftrils by a rofe : it is otherwife in feeing and hearing ; for I am not fenfible of the impreffion made upon my eye , when I behold a tree ; nor of the impres fion ...
... hand by a stone , up- on the palate by an apricot , " and upon the noftrils by a rofe : it is otherwife in feeing and hearing ; for I am not fenfible of the impreffion made upon my eye , when I behold a tree ; nor of the impres fion ...
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... eye and On the other hand , any intense exercise of intellectual powers , becomes painful by overstrain- ing the mind : ceffation from fuch exercise gives ear . A 2 not not instant relief ; it is neceffary that the void INTRODUCTION . 3.
... eye and On the other hand , any intense exercise of intellectual powers , becomes painful by overstrain- ing the mind : ceffation from fuch exercise gives ear . A 2 not not instant relief ; it is neceffary that the void INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... hand in hand with the moral sense , to which indeed it is nearly allied : both of them discover what is right and what is wrong : fashion , temper , and education , have an influence . to vitiate both , or to preserve them pure and un ...
... hand in hand with the moral sense , to which indeed it is nearly allied : both of them discover what is right and what is wrong : fashion , temper , and education , have an influence . to vitiate both , or to preserve them pure and un ...
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... hand ; and he was far advanced before the thought struck him , that his private me- ditations might be publicly useful . In public , how- ever , he would not appear in a flovenly dress ; and therefore he pretends not otherwife to apolo ...
... hand ; and he was far advanced before the thought struck him , that his private me- ditations might be publicly useful . In public , how- ever , he would not appear in a flovenly dress ; and therefore he pretends not otherwife to apolo ...
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... hand , being in its nature quiefcent , and merely a paffive feel- ing , must have a caufe ; but cannot be faid , pro- perly fpeaking , to have an object . * The objects of qur paffions may be distinguished into two kinds , general and ...
... hand , being in its nature quiefcent , and merely a paffive feel- ing , must have a caufe ; but cannot be faid , pro- perly fpeaking , to have an object . * The objects of qur paffions may be distinguished into two kinds , general and ...
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