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Page 66
... operation is in reality far from being always sudden , or , when it is sudden , it is often far from being right . Men of the best taste , by consideration , come frequently to change these early and precipitate judgments , which the ...
... operation is in reality far from being always sudden , or , when it is sudden , it is often far from being right . Men of the best taste , by consideration , come frequently to change these early and precipitate judgments , which the ...
Page 67
... operation is no proof that the taste is a distinct faculty . Nobody , I believe , has attended the course of a discussion , which turned upon matters within the sphere of mere naked reason , but must have observed the extreme readiness ...
... operation is no proof that the taste is a distinct faculty . Nobody , I believe , has attended the course of a discussion , which turned upon matters within the sphere of mere naked reason , but must have observed the extreme readiness ...
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... operation than pleasure , so death is in general a much more affecting idea than pain ; because there are very few pains , however exquisite , which are not preferred to death : nay , what gener- ally makes pain itself , if I may say so ...
... operation than pleasure , so death is in general a much more affecting idea than pain ; because there are very few pains , however exquisite , which are not preferred to death : nay , what gener- ally makes pain itself , if I may say so ...
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... operations , and pierce into the inmost , and what might appear inaccessible , parts of our nature , Quod latet arcanâ non enarrabile fibrâ . Without all this it is possible for a man , after a confused manner , sometimes to satisfy his ...
... operations , and pierce into the inmost , and what might appear inaccessible , parts of our nature , Quod latet arcanâ non enarrabile fibrâ . Without all this it is possible for a man , after a confused manner , sometimes to satisfy his ...
Page 97
... operation , coming united on the mind , form a sort of sensible image , and as such are capable of affecting the imagination . Now , though in a just idea of the Deity , perhaps none of his attributes are predominant , yet , to our ...
... operation , coming united on the mind , form a sort of sensible image , and as such are capable of affecting the imagination . Now , though in a just idea of the Deity , perhaps none of his attributes are predominant , yet , to our ...
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