The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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... Mind , as the Circulation of the animal Spirits is to the Health of the Body ; they keep it in Life , and Strength , and Vigour ; nor is it poffible for the Mind to perform its Offices without their Affiftance : Thefe • Motions are ...
... Mind , as the Circulation of the animal Spirits is to the Health of the Body ; they keep it in Life , and Strength , and Vigour ; nor is it poffible for the Mind to perform its Offices without their Affiftance : Thefe • Motions are ...
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... Mind is every Inftant called off to fomething new , and the At- tention not fuffered to dwell too long , and wafte it felf on any particular Object . It is this , likewife , that im- proves what is great or beautiful , and makes it ...
... Mind is every Inftant called off to fomething new , and the At- tention not fuffered to dwell too long , and wafte it felf on any particular Object . It is this , likewife , that im- proves what is great or beautiful , and makes it ...
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but the Action of the Mind , which compares the Ideas that arife from Words , with the Ideas that arife from the Objects themselves ; and why this Operation of the Mind is attended with fo much Pleasure , we have before confi- dered ...
but the Action of the Mind , which compares the Ideas that arife from Words , with the Ideas that arife from the Objects themselves ; and why this Operation of the Mind is attended with fo much Pleasure , we have before confi- dered ...
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