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... imagination , whilst we investigate the springs , and trace the courses of our passions , we may not only communicate to the taste a sort of philo- sophical solidity , but we may reflect back on the severer sciences some of the graces ...
... imagination , whilst we investigate the springs , and trace the courses of our passions , we may not only communicate to the taste a sort of philo- sophical solidity , but we may reflect back on the severer sciences some of the graces ...
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... imagination is not affected according to some invariable and certain laws , our labour is likely to be employed to very little purpose ; as it must be judged a useless , if not an absurd undertaking , to lay down rules for caprice , and ...
... imagination is not affected according to some invariable and certain laws , our labour is likely to be employed to very little purpose ; as it must be judged a useless , if not an absurd undertaking , to lay down rules for caprice , and ...
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... imagination and the elegant arts . This is , I think , the most general idea of that word , and what is the least connected with any particular theory . And my point in this inquiry is , to find whether there are any principles , on ...
... imagination and the elegant arts . This is , I think , the most general idea of that word , and what is the least connected with any particular theory . And my point in this inquiry is , to find whether there are any principles , on ...
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... imagination ; and to this belongs whatever is called wit , fancy , invention , and the like . But it must be observed , that this power of the imagination is in- capable of producing anything absolutely new ; it can only vary the ...
... imagination ; and to this belongs whatever is called wit , fancy , invention , and the like . But it must be observed , that this power of the imagination is in- capable of producing anything absolutely new ; it can only vary the ...
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... imagination : but when two distinct . objects have a resemblance , we are struck , we attend to them , and we are pleased . The mind of man has naturally a far greater alacrity and satisfaction in tracing resemblances than in searching ...
... imagination : but when two distinct . objects have a resemblance , we are struck , we attend to them , and we are pleased . The mind of man has naturally a far greater alacrity and satisfaction in tracing resemblances than in searching ...
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