Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... observation in a sprightly manner by feve- ral examples , the author , forgetting his fubject , enters upon a declamation against avarice , which he pursues till the line 108. There he makes an apology for wandering , and promises to ...
... observation in a sprightly manner by feve- ral examples , the author , forgetting his fubject , enters upon a declamation against avarice , which he pursues till the line 108. There he makes an apology for wandering , and promises to ...
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... observation , that a man's affection to his parents is lefs vigorous than to his children . The order of nature in defcending to children , aids the tranfition of the affection . The afcent to a parent , contrary to this order , makes ...
... observation , that a man's affection to his parents is lefs vigorous than to his children . The order of nature in defcending to children , aids the tranfition of the affection . The afcent to a parent , contrary to this order , makes ...
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... a pure white . Thus experience forces us to acknowledge , that our emo- .. tions have an influence even upon our eye - fight . This experiment leads to a general observation , That whatever This 216 Ch . VIII . RESEMBLANCE.
... a pure white . Thus experience forces us to acknowledge , that our emo- .. tions have an influence even upon our eye - fight . This experiment leads to a general observation , That whatever This 216 Ch . VIII . RESEMBLANCE.
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... observation , That whatever is found more strange or beautiful than was expected , is judged to be more ftrange or beautiful than it is in reality . Hence it is a common artifice , to depreciate beforehand what we wish to make a figure ...
... observation , That whatever is found more strange or beautiful than was expected , is judged to be more ftrange or beautiful than it is in reality . Hence it is a common artifice , to depreciate beforehand what we wish to make a figure ...
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... observation I am certain holds with respect to the pleasures of virtue and of knowledge . The pleasure of doing good has fuch an unbounded scope , and may be fo varioufly gratified , that it can never decay . Science is equally ...
... observation I am certain holds with respect to the pleasures of virtue and of knowledge . The pleasure of doing good has fuch an unbounded scope , and may be fo varioufly gratified , that it can never decay . Science is equally ...
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