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... object of pity , ill - nature of hatred ; but nature beauti- fied and improved by an affemblage of moral and intellectual endowments , is the only object of a folid and lafting esteem . Seed . $ 42 . The Unhappiness confequent on the ...
... object of pity , ill - nature of hatred ; but nature beauti- fied and improved by an affemblage of moral and intellectual endowments , is the only object of a folid and lafting esteem . Seed . $ 42 . The Unhappiness confequent on the ...
Page 207
... object , and thereby to render our con- ception of that object loose and indi- ftinet . This requires a writer to have , himfelf , a very clear apprehenfion of the object he means to prefent to us ; to have laid faft hold of it in his ...
... object , and thereby to render our con- ception of that object loose and indi- ftinet . This requires a writer to have , himfelf , a very clear apprehenfion of the object he means to prefent to us ; to have laid faft hold of it in his ...
Page 375
... objects of view that are beautiful or great , pro- vided there be a propriety and a juft neighbourhood preferved in the affem- blage , along with a carelefs diftribu . tion that folicits your eye to the prin- cipal object where it refts ...
... objects of view that are beautiful or great , pro- vided there be a propriety and a juft neighbourhood preferved in the affem- blage , along with a carelefs diftribu . tion that folicits your eye to the prin- cipal object where it refts ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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