Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. ...A. Miller, 1768 |
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... ment . Any honour or mark of diftinction elevates them above measure ; but they are as fenfibly touched with contempt . Peo- ple of this character have , no doubt , much more lively enjoy- ments , as well as more pungent forrows , than ...
... ment . Any honour or mark of diftinction elevates them above measure ; but they are as fenfibly touched with contempt . Peo- ple of this character have , no doubt , much more lively enjoy- ments , as well as more pungent forrows , than ...
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... ment ; rudenefs or impertinence is as great a punishment to him . In fhort , delicacy of tafte has the fame effect as de- licacy of paffion : It enlarges the sphere both of our happiness and misery , and makes us sensible to pains as ...
... ment ; rudenefs or impertinence is as great a punishment to him . In fhort , delicacy of tafte has the fame effect as de- licacy of paffion : It enlarges the sphere both of our happiness and misery , and makes us sensible to pains as ...
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... ment . ' Tis fufficiently known , that arbitrary power would fteal in upon us , were we not extremely watchful to prevent its progress , and were there not an easy method of conveying the alarum from one end of the kingdom to the other ...
... ment . ' Tis fufficiently known , that arbitrary power would fteal in upon us , were we not extremely watchful to prevent its progress , and were there not an easy method of conveying the alarum from one end of the kingdom to the other ...
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... ment of a state entirely to chance , but ought to provide a system of laws to regulate the administration of public affairs to the latest pofterity . Effects will always correfpond to caufes ; and wife regulations in any commonwealth ...
... ment of a state entirely to chance , but ought to provide a system of laws to regulate the administration of public affairs to the latest pofterity . Effects will always correfpond to caufes ; and wife regulations in any commonwealth ...
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David Hume. who exercised the utmost liberty of tongue and pen , in parlia ment , and in their frequent appeals to the people . But , if the minister be wicked and weak , to the degree fo ftrenuously in- fifted on , the conftitution must ...
David Hume. who exercised the utmost liberty of tongue and pen , in parlia ment , and in their frequent appeals to the people . But , if the minister be wicked and weak , to the degree fo ftrenuously in- fifted on , the conftitution must ...
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Стр. 273 - ... strong sense, united to delicate sentiment, improved by practice, perfected by comparison, and cleared of all prejudice, can alone entitle critics to this valuable character; and the joint verdict of such, wherever they are to be found, is the true standard of taste and beauty.
Стр. 252 - He himself, as well as the readers of that age, were too deeply concerned in the events, and felt a pain from subjects which an historian and a reader of another age would regard as the most pathetic and most interesting, and, by consequence, the most agreeable.
Стр. 259 - On the contrary, a thousand different sentiments excited by the same object are all right, because no sentiment represents what is really in the object. It only marks a certain conformity or relation between the object and the organs or faculties of the mind; and if that conformity did not really exist, the sentiment could never possibly have being.
Стр. 319 - But these advantages are compensated in some measure by the low price of labour in every nation which has not an extensive commerce and does not much abound in gold and silver.
Стр. 336 - ... the pursuit of the greater part of the landholders, and the prodigals among them -will always be more numerous than the misers. In a state, therefore, where there is nothing but a landed interest, as there is little frugality, the borrowers must be very numerous, and the rate of interest must hold proportion to it. The difference depends not on the quantity of money, but on the habits and manners which prevail.
Стр. 262 - When we would make an experiment of this nature, and would try the force of any beauty or deformity, we must choose with care a proper time and place, and bring the fancy to a suitable situation and disposition. A perfect serenity of mind, a recollection of thought, a due attention to the object; if any of these circumstances be wanting, our experiment will be fallacious, and we shall be unable to judge...
Стр. 246 - which are two sentiments so different in themselves, differ not so much in their cause. From the instance of tickling it appears, that the movement of pleasure pushed a little too far, becomes pain, and that the movement of pain, a little moderated, becomes pleasure.
Стр. 323 - They are thereby enabled to employ more workmen than formerly, who never dream of demanding higher wages, but are glad of employment from such good paymasters.
Стр. 259 - Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.