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... Habit .... 207 219 XVII . Language of Passion 66 " 6 XV .. External Signs of Emotions and Passions XVI . Sentiments ..... " XVIII . Beauty of Language 229 240 256 267 Sect . 1. Beauty of Language with respect to Sound .. 269 66 66 2 ...
... Habit .... 207 219 XVII . Language of Passion 66 " 6 XV .. External Signs of Emotions and Passions XVI . Sentiments ..... " XVIII . Beauty of Language 229 240 256 267 Sect . 1. Beauty of Language with respect to Sound .. 269 66 66 2 ...
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... habit ; and a habit , strengthening the reasoning faculties , prepares the mind for entering into subjects more intricate and abstract . To have , in that respect , a just conception of the importance of criti- cism , we need but ...
... habit ; and a habit , strengthening the reasoning faculties , prepares the mind for entering into subjects more intricate and abstract . To have , in that respect , a just conception of the importance of criti- cism , we need but ...
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... habit . We approve every virtuous action , and bestow our affection on the author ; but if virtuous actions produced no other effect upon us , good example would not have great influence : the sympathetic emotion under consideration ...
... habit . We approve every virtuous action , and bestow our affection on the author ; but if virtuous actions produced no other effect upon us , good example would not have great influence : the sympathetic emotion under consideration ...
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... habit , as well as by principle . I now further observe , that examples confined to real events are not so frequent as without other means to produce a habit of virtue : if they be , they are not recorded by historians . It therefore ...
... habit , as well as by principle . I now further observe , that examples confined to real events are not so frequent as without other means to produce a habit of virtue : if they be , they are not recorded by historians . It therefore ...
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... habit of reading romances is extremely dangerous . They who do so lose all relish for history , philosophy , and other useful knowledge ; acquire a superficial and frivolous way of thinking , and never fail to form false notions of life ...
... habit of reading romances is extremely dangerous . They who do so lose all relish for history , philosophy , and other useful knowledge ; acquire a superficial and frivolous way of thinking , and never fail to form false notions of life ...
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