The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 70
... Pleasure , we muft own that it is impoffible for us to affign the necef- fary Cause of this Pleasure , because we know neither the Nature of an Idea , nor the Subftance of a human Soul , which might help us to discover the Conformity or ...
... Pleasure , we muft own that it is impoffible for us to affign the necef- fary Cause of this Pleasure , because we know neither the Nature of an Idea , nor the Subftance of a human Soul , which might help us to discover the Conformity or ...
Page 90
... Pleasure , we have before confi- dered . For this Reafon therefore , the Defcription of a Dunghil is pleafing to the Imagination , if the Image be reprefented to our Minds by fuitable Expreffions ; tho ' , perhaps , this may be more ...
... Pleasure , we have before confi- dered . For this Reafon therefore , the Defcription of a Dunghil is pleafing to the Imagination , if the Image be reprefented to our Minds by fuitable Expreffions ; tho ' , perhaps , this may be more ...
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... Pleasure in the Reading of them . As for the firft , I have spoken of them in former Papers , and have not stuck to rank them with the Murderer and Affaffin . Every honeft Man fets as high a Value upon a good Name , as upon Life itself ...
... Pleasure in the Reading of them . As for the firft , I have spoken of them in former Papers , and have not stuck to rank them with the Murderer and Affaffin . Every honeft Man fets as high a Value upon a good Name , as upon Life itself ...
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