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" One of the final causes of our delight in any thing that is great may be this. The Supreme Author of our being has so formed the soul of man, that nothing but himself can be its last, adequate and proper happiness. Because therefore a great part of our... "
The Skeptical Sublime: Aesthetic Ideology in Pope and the Tory Satirists - Page lxxxi
by James Noggle - 2001 - 288 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 6

1739 - 332 pages
...laft, adequate, and proper Happinefs. Becaufe, therefore, a great Part of our Happinefs muft arife from the Contemplation of his Being, that he might give our Souls a juft Reliih of fuch a Contemplation, he has made them naturally delight in the Apprehenfion of what...
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The Spectator, Volume 6

1729 - 320 pages
...Souls a juft Relifh of fuch a Contemplation, he as made them naturally delight in the Apprehenfion of what is Great or Unlimited. Our Admiration, which is a "very pleafing Motion of the Mind, immediately rifes at the Confideration of any ObieA that takes up a great...
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Select British Classics, Volume 16

English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...so formed the soul of man, that nothing but himself can be its last, adequate and proper happiness. Because, therefore, a great part of our happiness...them naturally delight in the apprehension of what is greater or unlimited. Our admiration, which is a very pleasing motion of the mind, immediately rises...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...so formed the soul of man, that nothing but himself can be its last, adequate, and proper happiness. Because, therefore, a great part of our happiness...unlimited. Our admiration, which is a very pleasing emotion of the mind, immediately rises at the consideration of any object that takes up a great deal...
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1804 - 412 pages
...so formed the soul of man, that nothing but himself can be its last, adequate, and proper happiness. Because, therefore, a great part of our happiness...from the contemplation of his being, that he might <rive our souls a just relish of such a contemplation, he has made them naturally delight in the apprehension...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...formed the soul of man, that nothing but himself can be " its last, adequate, and proper happiness. Because, therefore, " a great part of our happiness must arise from the contem*' plation of his being, that he might give our souls a just relish " of such contemplation,...
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Dissertations Moral and Critical, Volume 3

James Beattie - 1809 - 262 pages
...soul of man, that nothing but Himself can be " its last,, adequate, and proper happiness. Be" cause therefore a great part of our happiness " must arise...relish of " such a contemplation, he has made them natu" rally delight in the apprehension of what is " great and unlimited. Our admiration, which is...
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Beauties selected from the writings of James Beattie. To which are prefixed ...

James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 414 pages
...formed " the soul of man, that nothing but himself " can be its last, adequate, and proper, hap" piness. Because therefore a great part of " our happiness must arise from the contem" plation of his being, that he might give our " souls a just relish of such a contemplation,...
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Beauties selected from the writings of James Beattie. To which are prefixed ...

James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 408 pages
...<* the soul of man, that nothing but himself " can be its last, adequate, and proper, hap" piness. Because therefore a great part of " our happiness must arise from the contem" plation of his\being, that he might give our " souls a just relish of such a contemplation,...
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The Spectator, Volume 7

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 362 pages
...of man, that nothing but himself can be its last adequate, and proper happiness. Because, therelore, a great part of our happiness must arise from the...immediately rises at the consideration of any object that take's up a great deal of room in the fancy, and, by consequence, will improve into the highest pitch...
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