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... denote the former . Now admiration , when thus applied , doth not require to its production , as the passions generally do , any reflex view of motives or tendencies , or of any rela- tion either to private interest , or to the good of ...
... denote the former . Now admiration , when thus applied , doth not require to its production , as the passions generally do , any reflex view of motives or tendencies , or of any rela- tion either to private interest , or to the good of ...
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... denote oratory itself . And as vehemence and eloquence became synonymous , the latter , suita- bly to this way of thinking , was sometimes defined the art of persuasion . But that this definition is defective , appears even from their ...
... denote oratory itself . And as vehemence and eloquence became synonymous , the latter , suita- bly to this way of thinking , was sometimes defined the art of persuasion . But that this definition is defective , appears even from their ...
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... denotes an abrupt transition to things distant . For we may remark in passing , that though language be older than criticism , those expressions adopted by the former to elucidate matters of taste , will be found to have a pretty close ...
... denotes an abrupt transition to things distant . For we may remark in passing , that though language be older than criticism , those expressions adopted by the former to elucidate matters of taste , will be found to have a pretty close ...
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... denotes a coarser , the second a finer sort of ridicule ; the former prevails most among the lower classes of the people , the latter only a- mong persons of breeding . I shall conclude this chapter with observing , that though the ...
... denotes a coarser , the second a finer sort of ridicule ; the former prevails most among the lower classes of the people , the latter only a- mong persons of breeding . I shall conclude this chapter with observing , that though the ...
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... denote every immediate object of thought , or whatever is ap- prehended by the mind , our sensations themselves , and those qualities in body , suggested by our sensations , the ideas of these upon reflection , whether remem- bered or ...
... denote every immediate object of thought , or whatever is ap- prehended by the mind , our sensations themselves , and those qualities in body , suggested by our sensations , the ideas of these upon reflection , whether remem- bered or ...
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