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Page 76
... idea , it so wholly engrosses them as to shut out by degrees almost every other , and to break down every partition of the mind which would confine it . Any idea is sufficient for the purpose , as is evident from the infinite variety of ...
... idea , it so wholly engrosses them as to shut out by degrees almost every other , and to break down every partition of the mind which would confine it . Any idea is sufficient for the purpose , as is evident from the infinite variety of ...
Page 77
... idea of some social qualities , which direct and heighten the appetite which he has in common with all other animals ; and as he is not designed like them to live at large , it is fit that he should have something to create a preference ...
... idea of some social qualities , which direct and heighten the appetite which he has in common with all other animals ; and as he is not designed like them to live at large , it is fit that he should have something to create a preference ...
Page 78
... idea . But the pleasure of any particular social enjoyment outweighs very considerably the uneasiness caused by the want of that particular enjoyment ; so that the strongest sensations re- lative to the habitudes of particular society ...
... idea . But the pleasure of any particular social enjoyment outweighs very considerably the uneasiness caused by the want of that particular enjoyment ; so that the strongest sensations re- lative to the habitudes of particular society ...
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... idea of this distinc- tion so very pleasant . It has been so strong as to make very miserable men take comfort , that they were supreme in misery ; and certain it is , that , where we cannot distinguish ourselves by something excellent ...
... idea of this distinc- tion so very pleasant . It has been so strong as to make very miserable men take comfort , that they were supreme in misery ; and certain it is , that , where we cannot distinguish ourselves by something excellent ...
Page 85
... idea of its object is excited in the mind with an idea at the same time of having irre- trievably lost it . This mixed sense of pleasure I have not called pain , because it turns upon actual pleasure , and be- cause it is , both in its ...
... idea of its object is excited in the mind with an idea at the same time of having irre- trievably lost it . This mixed sense of pleasure I have not called pain , because it turns upon actual pleasure , and be- cause it is , both in its ...
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