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Page 9
... familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cafes and in a due courfe of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our faculties , beftows acutenefs on that of rea- fon , fufficient to unravel all the ...
... familiar : we proceed gradually from the fimpler to the more involved cafes and in a due courfe of difcipline , cuftom , which improves all our faculties , beftows acutenefs on that of rea- fon , fufficient to unravel all the ...
Page 52
... familiar above others , I find it proper to add a short fecion upon the power of founds to raise emotions and paffions . I begin with comparing founds and visible ob- jects with respect to their influence upon the mind . It has already ...
... familiar above others , I find it proper to add a short fecion upon the power of founds to raise emotions and paffions . I begin with comparing founds and visible ob- jects with respect to their influence upon the mind . It has already ...
Page 81
... familiar to us , it may be acceptable to the reader to have them accurately delineated . He may alfo poffibly be glad of an opportunity to have the nature of inftinctive paffions more fully ex- plained , than there was formerly ...
... familiar to us , it may be acceptable to the reader to have them accurately delineated . He may alfo poffibly be glad of an opportunity to have the nature of inftinctive paffions more fully ex- plained , than there was formerly ...
Page 105
... familiar converfation , and in compofi , tions for amufement ; but more accuracy is requis red from those who profefs to explain the paffions . In writing upon the critical art , I would avoid every refinement that may feem more curious ...
... familiar converfation , and in compofi , tions for amufement ; but more accuracy is requis red from those who profefs to explain the paffions . In writing upon the critical art , I would avoid every refinement that may feem more curious ...
Page 164
... familiar occurrence . It has been reckoned difficult to explain that irregu- lar bias of mind ; but we are now made acquaint- ed with the iufluence of paffion upon opinion and belief : a ftory of ghcfts or fairies , told with an air of ...
... familiar occurrence . It has been reckoned difficult to explain that irregu- lar bias of mind ; but we are now made acquaint- ed with the iufluence of paffion upon opinion and belief : a ftory of ghcfts or fairies , told with an air of ...
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