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... Objects of great Dimensions are sublime x . Unity , why requisite to Vastness ib . 150 XI . The artificial Infinite 151 XII . The Vibrations must be similar 152 XIII . The Effects of Succession in visual objects explained 153 XIV ...
... Objects of great Dimensions are sublime x . Unity , why requisite to Vastness ib . 150 XI . The artificial Infinite 151 XII . The Vibrations must be similar 152 XIII . The Effects of Succession in visual objects explained 153 XIV ...
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... object to the piety , truth , and perfection of our most excellent church . Both I am sensible have their foundations on a rock . No discovery of truth can prejudice them . On the contrary , the more closely the origin of religion and ...
... object to the piety , truth , and perfection of our most excellent church . Both I am sensible have their foundations on a rock . No discovery of truth can prejudice them . On the contrary , the more closely the origin of religion and ...
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... object before us ; instead of extending our ideas to take in all that nature comprehends , according to her manner of combining . We are limited in our inquiry by the strict laws to which we have submitted at our setting out . L -Circa ...
... object before us ; instead of extending our ideas to take in all that nature comprehends , according to her manner of combining . We are limited in our inquiry by the strict laws to which we have submitted at our setting out . L -Circa ...
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... object excites in one man , it must raise in all mankind , whilst it operates naturally , simply , and by its proper ... objects , they do not in the least differ con- cerning their effects with regard to pleasure and pain . They all ...
... object excites in one man , it must raise in all mankind , whilst it operates naturally , simply , and by its proper ... objects , they do not in the least differ con- cerning their effects with regard to pleasure and pain . They all ...
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... object , a pleasure is perceived from the resemblance which the imitation has to the original : the imagination , I conceive , can have no pleasure but what results from one or other of these causes . And these causes operate pretty ...
... object , a pleasure is perceived from the resemblance which the imitation has to the original : the imagination , I conceive , can have no pleasure but what results from one or other of these causes . And these causes operate pretty ...
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