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Page 61
... fomething new , and the At- tention not fuffered to dwell too long , and waste itself on any particular Object . It is this , likewife , that im- proves what is great or beautiful , and makes it afford the Mind a double Entertainment ...
... fomething new , and the At- tention not fuffered to dwell too long , and waste itself on any particular Object . It is this , likewife , that im- proves what is great or beautiful , and makes it afford the Mind a double Entertainment ...
Page 75
... fomething likeft the Object that is reprefented . To make ufe of a com- mon Instance , let one who is born blind take an Image in his Hands , and trace out with his Fingers the different Furrows and Impreffions of the Chiffel , and he ...
... fomething likeft the Object that is reprefented . To make ufe of a com- mon Instance , let one who is born blind take an Image in his Hands , and trace out with his Fingers the different Furrows and Impreffions of the Chiffel , and he ...
Page 176
... fomething unaccountably taking among the Vulgar in those who come from a great Way off . Ig- norant People of Quality , as many there are of fuch , doat exceffively this Way ; many Instances of which eve- ry Man will fuggeft to himself ...
... fomething unaccountably taking among the Vulgar in those who come from a great Way off . Ig- norant People of Quality , as many there are of fuch , doat exceffively this Way ; many Instances of which eve- ry Man will fuggeft to himself ...
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