Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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... fentiments , words , and ac- tions ; and therefore we require here the ftrictest conformity . When we find what we thus require , we have a lively fenfe of pro- priety when we find the contrary , our fense of impropriety is not lefs ...
... fentiments , words , and ac- tions ; and therefore we require here the ftrictest conformity . When we find what we thus require , we have a lively fenfe of pro- priety when we find the contrary , our fense of impropriety is not lefs ...
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... fentiment of fome per- fons : the actions and fentiments of others are mean and vulgar . With refpect to the fine arts , fome performances are said to be manly and fuitable to the dignity of human nature others are termed low , mean ...
... fentiment of fome per- fons : the actions and fentiments of others are mean and vulgar . With refpect to the fine arts , fome performances are said to be manly and fuitable to the dignity of human nature others are termed low , mean ...
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... fentiments . Habit makes no figure during the vivacity of youth ; in middle age it gains ground ; and in old age it governs without control . In that period of life , generally speaking , we eat at a cer- tain hour , take exercise at a ...
... fentiments . Habit makes no figure during the vivacity of youth ; in middle age it gains ground ; and in old age it governs without control . In that period of life , generally speaking , we eat at a cer- tain hour , take exercise at a ...
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... to her friend the following fentiment . " Be fatisfy'd ; Sir " Charles has made me happy , even to a pain of joy . " M 2 presenting presenting the object , both vanish instan- taneously . Thus Ch . XIV . CUSTOM AND HABIT . 91.
... to her friend the following fentiment . " Be fatisfy'd ; Sir " Charles has made me happy , even to a pain of joy . " M 2 presenting presenting the object , both vanish instan- taneously . Thus Ch . XIV . CUSTOM AND HABIT . 91.
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... fentiments . If it fhould even command our belief , by the authority of genuine history , its fictitious and unnatural appearance , however , would prevent its ta- king fuch hold of the mind as to produce a perception of reality * . A ...
... fentiments . If it fhould even command our belief , by the authority of genuine history , its fictitious and unnatural appearance , however , would prevent its ta- king fuch hold of the mind as to produce a perception of reality * . A ...
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