The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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... 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 represented 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 represented to our Minds by fuitable Expreffions ; tho ' , perhaps , this may be more ...
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... Pleasure which attends them . But how comes it to pafs , that we fhould take delight in being terrified or dejected by a Description , when we find fo much Uneafinefs in the Fear or Grief which we receive from any other Occafion ? IF we ...
... Pleasure which attends them . But how comes it to pafs , that we fhould take delight in being terrified or dejected by a Description , when we find fo much Uneafinefs in the Fear or Grief which we receive from any other Occafion ? IF we ...
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