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... hath afforded for computing Time and Space , 6. Refemblance of Emotions to their Caufes , 7. Final Caufes of the more frequent Emotions and Paffions , 3. Beauty , 4. Grandeur and Sublimity , 45 Motion and Force , 115 124 152 165 178 181 ...
... hath afforded for computing Time and Space , 6. Refemblance of Emotions to their Caufes , 7. Final Caufes of the more frequent Emotions and Paffions , 3. Beauty , 4. Grandeur and Sublimity , 45 Motion and Force , 115 124 152 165 178 181 ...
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... hath no relish * but while we are in vigour , is ill qualified for that office ; but the finer pleasures of fenfe , which oc- cupy without exhaufting the mind , are finely qua- lified to restore its ufual tone after fevere applica- tion ...
... hath no relish * but while we are in vigour , is ill qualified for that office ; but the finer pleasures of fenfe , which oc- cupy without exhaufting the mind , are finely qua- lified to restore its ufual tone after fevere applica- tion ...
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... hath enabled us to carry it on in a natural courfe . Nor has he made our tafk either disagreeable or difficult : on the contra- ry , the transition is sweet and eafy , from corporeal pleasures to the more refined pleasures of sense ...
... hath enabled us to carry it on in a natural courfe . Nor has he made our tafk either disagreeable or difficult : on the contra- ry , the transition is sweet and eafy , from corporeal pleasures to the more refined pleasures of sense ...
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... hath obtained the afcend- ant : men now affert their native privilege of thinking for themselves ; and difdain to be ranked in any feet , whatever be the science . I am forc'd to except criticism , which , by what fatality I know not ...
... hath obtained the afcend- ant : men now affert their native privilege of thinking for themselves ; and difdain to be ranked in any feet , whatever be the science . I am forc'd to except criticism , which , by what fatality I know not ...
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... hath discovered or collected upon that fubject , he chufes to impart in the gay and agreeable form of criticism ; imagi- ning that this form will be more relished , and per- haps be no less inftructive , than a regular and la- boured ...
... hath discovered or collected upon that fubject , he chufes to impart in the gay and agreeable form of criticism ; imagi- ning that this form will be more relished , and per- haps be no less inftructive , than a regular and la- boured ...
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