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... understanding when it stands in opposition to any other faculty of his mind . The mere understanding , however useful and indispen- sable , 198 HIGH HIGH H HIEN TIEN ABEN ON THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE IN MACBETH Thomas DeQuincey 179.
... understanding when it stands in opposition to any other faculty of his mind . The mere understanding , however useful and indispen- sable , 198 HIGH HIGH H HIEN TIEN ABEN ON THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE IN MACBETH Thomas DeQuincey 179.
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... understanding to over- rule his eyes . His understanding , which includes no in- tuitive knowledge of the laws of vision , can furnish him with no reason why a line which is known and can be proved to be a horizontal line , should not ...
... understanding to over- rule his eyes . His understanding , which includes no in- tuitive knowledge of the laws of vision , can furnish him with no reason why a line which is known and can be proved to be a horizontal line , should not ...
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... understanding is allowed to overrule the eyes , but where the understanding is positively allowed to obliter- ate the eyes as it were : for not only does the man believe the evidence of his understanding in opposition to that of his ...
... understanding is allowed to overrule the eyes , but where the understanding is positively allowed to obliter- ate the eyes as it were : for not only does the man believe the evidence of his understanding in opposition to that of his ...
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ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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