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... sensible of their importance . To establish a complete system of education , seems reserved by Providence for a Sovereign who commands the hearts of his subjects . Success will crown the un- dertaking , and endear GEORGE THE THIRD to ...
... sensible of their importance . To establish a complete system of education , seems reserved by Providence for a Sovereign who commands the hearts of his subjects . Success will crown the un- dertaking , and endear GEORGE THE THIRD to ...
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... sensible of the impression ; that , for example , which is made upon the hand by a stone , upon the palate by an apricot , and upon the nostrils by a rose ; it is otherwise in seeing and hearing , for I am not sensible of the impression ...
... sensible of the impression ; that , for example , which is made upon the hand by a stone , upon the palate by an apricot , and upon the nostrils by a rose ; it is otherwise in seeing and hearing , for I am not sensible of the impression ...
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... sensible organic impression . Their mixt nature and middle place between organic and intellectual pleasures , qualify them to associate with both ; beauty heightens all the organic feelings , as well as the intellectual : harmony ...
... sensible organic impression . Their mixt nature and middle place between organic and intellectual pleasures , qualify them to associate with both ; beauty heightens all the organic feelings , as well as the intellectual : harmony ...
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... sensible of the organic impression , is prepared for enjoying internal objects where there cannot be an or- ganic impression . Thus the Author of nature , by qualifying the human mind for a succession of enjoyments from low to high ...
... sensible of the organic impression , is prepared for enjoying internal objects where there cannot be an or- ganic impression . Thus the Author of nature , by qualifying the human mind for a succession of enjoyments from low to high ...
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... sensible of its extent and difficulty , to undertake it professedly , or to avow it as the chief purpose of the present work . To censure works , not men , is the just prerogative of criticism ; and accordingly all personal censure is ...
... sensible of its extent and difficulty , to undertake it professedly , or to avow it as the chief purpose of the present work . To censure works , not men , is the just prerogative of criticism ; and accordingly all personal censure is ...
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