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... according to Plato . 10. Scepticism . 11. Its Origin . 12. Inverted Action of the Nerves . Cessation . 13. Various Pleasures of Cessation or inverted Action , CHAP . IV . OF HEARING . 1. Organs and Modes of Action . 2. Sound - how ...
... according to Plato . 10. Scepticism . 11. Its Origin . 12. Inverted Action of the Nerves . Cessation . 13. Various Pleasures of Cessation or inverted Action , CHAP . IV . OF HEARING . 1. Organs and Modes of Action . 2. Sound - how ...
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... according to those different de- grees of sensibility , with the same objects . 2. This is , however , so far from being the case , that there is scarcely any subject , upon which men differ more than concerning the ob- jects of their ...
... according to those different de- grees of sensibility , with the same objects . 2. This is , however , so far from being the case , that there is scarcely any subject , upon which men differ more than concerning the ob- jects of their ...
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... according to the laws of nature , the most perfect specimen of a perfect woman ? The late great physiologist , John Hunter , used to maintain ( and I think he proved it ) , that the African black was the true original man , and all the ...
... according to the laws of nature , the most perfect specimen of a perfect woman ? The late great physiologist , John Hunter , used to maintain ( and I think he proved it ) , that the African black was the true original man , and all the ...
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... according to the dif- ferent qualities of the substances applied : but how these changes take place , or what those different modes are , by which we discriminate such an infinite variety of different flavours , smells , tones , colours ...
... according to the dif- ferent qualities of the substances applied : but how these changes take place , or what those different modes are , by which we discriminate such an infinite variety of different flavours , smells , tones , colours ...
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... according to the different degrees of irritability in their organs ; from which their sensibility arises - it also varies in the same individual , as he advances from infancy to maturity ; and from maturity to decay . Very young ...
... according to the different degrees of irritability in their organs ; from which their sensibility arises - it also varies in the same individual , as he advances from infancy to maturity ; and from maturity to decay . Very young ...
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according acquired Æneid afford animals appear applied arise ascer association of ideas become Bernini blime and Pathetic body called cause CHAP character colour consequently degree delight display effect elegance employed equally excite expression faculty feeling felt fræna Georgic gratification Greek habit hearing human Iliad images Imagina imitation impressions improved Perception inquiry instances irregular irritation Judg kind language less light and shadow malè mankind means ment mental sympathies merely metre mind modes nations nature never nevertheless objects observed olfactory nerves organs of sense pain painters painting Paradise Lost passions perceived perfect person picturesque Pindar pleasing pleasure poet poetry polished languages principle produced proportion prosody qualities racter Rembrandt laughed sculpture sensation sensibility sentiments Sight smell smooth sound species style Sublime and Beautiful syllables taste temple of Vesta thing tiful tints tion Titian tone touch turally variety verse visible whence wherefore words СНАР
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Page 357 - Above them all the archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd; and care Sat on his faded cheek; but under brows .Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss,) condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Page 396 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 352 - Be innocent of the knowledge , dearest chuck , Till thou applaud the deed. — Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!
Page 245 - THAT HE HAD A HEAD TO CONTRIVE, A TONGUE TO PERSUADE, AND A HAND TO EXECUTE ANY MISCHIEF.
Page 395 - Mighty victor, mighty lord, Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
Page 9 - I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion: but for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure; and can not but fancy, that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre.
Page 397 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 395 - Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to* trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, thro...
Page 369 - When danger or pain press too nearly, they are incapable of giving any delight, and are simply terrible; but at certain distances, and with certain modifications, they may be, and they are delightful, as we every day experience.
Page 395 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.