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... SIGHT . 1. Its Causes . 2. Primary Effects . Projection . 3. Distance . 4. Visible Magnitude . 5. Error of Mr. Burke . 6. Irritation — its Effects on the Organ . 7. Pleasures and Pains . Colours . 8. Reflected and refracted Lights ...
... SIGHT . 1. Its Causes . 2. Primary Effects . Projection . 3. Distance . 4. Visible Magnitude . 5. Error of Mr. Burke . 6. Irritation — its Effects on the Organ . 7. Pleasures and Pains . Colours . 8. Reflected and refracted Lights ...
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... sight or hearing , it is , in most in- stances , applied to qualities purely intellectual ; such as composition , proportion , expression , fitness , & c . which perpetually distinguish the beautiful from the ugly in the same species ...
... sight or hearing , it is , in most in- stances , applied to qualities purely intellectual ; such as composition , proportion , expression , fitness , & c . which perpetually distinguish the beautiful from the ugly in the same species ...
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... sight ; the others being entirely the results of mental ope- ration , employing the evidence of other senses ; as has been abundantly shewn by Locke , Reid , and other metaphysical writers ; and as will be further explained in the ...
... sight ; the others being entirely the results of mental ope- ration , employing the evidence of other senses ; as has been abundantly shewn by Locke , Reid , and other metaphysical writers ; and as will be further explained in the ...
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... than those of any race of mankind ; but their desires seem , in general , to be excited by smell , rather than by sight or contact . If , however , a boar can C think a sow the sweetest and most lovely of living INTRODUCTION . 17.
... than those of any race of mankind ; but their desires seem , in general , to be excited by smell , rather than by sight or contact . If , however , a boar can C think a sow the sweetest and most lovely of living INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... sight ; there being no communications of thought or sentiment from one mind to another ( at least among human creatures ) by the nose , as there are by the eyes . 12. The sense of taste is equally impartial ; being equally unconnected ...
... sight ; there being no communications of thought or sentiment from one mind to another ( at least among human creatures ) by the nose , as there are by the eyes . 12. The sense of taste is equally impartial ; being equally unconnected ...
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