Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary, Том 1C. Dilly, 1789 - Всего страниц: 466 |
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... pleasurable ideas . We know , indeed , from experience , that the obfervation of certain long established rules of compofition pleases in a certain degree ; and we can account tolerably , upon philofophical principles , for the pleafure ...
... pleasurable ideas . We know , indeed , from experience , that the obfervation of certain long established rules of compofition pleases in a certain degree ; and we can account tolerably , upon philofophical principles , for the pleafure ...
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... pleasure indeed , but fo weak as scarcely to induce me to take up the performance a fecond time , except it may be for the purpose of committing a few fplendid paffages to memory . They are defective in that first and greatest power of ...
... pleasure indeed , but fo weak as scarcely to induce me to take up the performance a fecond time , except it may be for the purpose of committing a few fplendid paffages to memory . They are defective in that first and greatest power of ...
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... pleasure , " was affigned for the most irregular and violent exertions of power ; a nation must be deftitute of every fpark of public virtue , and public fpirit , and even deaf to the dictates of common fenfe , who did not , in ...
... pleasure , " was affigned for the most irregular and violent exertions of power ; a nation must be deftitute of every fpark of public virtue , and public fpirit , and even deaf to the dictates of common fenfe , who did not , in ...
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... pleasures of re- venge , it must be owned , are exquifite . " I fhould be glad to know what reply it would be poffible to make to a man who should think , talk , and act in this manner ; it would evidently be wholly fruitlefs , and even ...
... pleasures of re- venge , it must be owned , are exquifite . " I fhould be glad to know what reply it would be poffible to make to a man who should think , talk , and act in this manner ; it would evidently be wholly fruitlefs , and even ...
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... pleasures to be derived from Virtue ; but then it is evident , from the nature of the cafe , that this must be a very rare and fingular instance , almost amounting to a prodigy ; and that a few fuch ex- amples are by no means fufficient ...
... pleasures to be derived from Virtue ; but then it is evident , from the nature of the cafe , that this must be a very rare and fingular instance , almost amounting to a prodigy ; and that a few fuch ex- amples are by no means fufficient ...
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Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary: In Two Volumes. ... William Belsham Полный просмотр - 1790 |
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