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... pleasures and the pains which every object excites in one man , it must raise in all mankind , whilst it operates ... pleasure and pain . They all concur in calling sweetness pleasant , and sourness and bitterness unpleasant . Here ...
... pleasures and the pains which every object excites in one man , it must raise in all mankind , whilst it operates ... pleasure and pain . They all concur in calling sweetness pleasant , and sourness and bitterness unpleasant . Here ...
Page 56
... pleasure derived from sight is the same in all . Light is more pleasing than darkness . Sum- mer , when the earth is ... pleasures of the sight are not near so complicated , and confused , and altered by un- natural habits and ...
... pleasure derived from sight is the same in all . Light is more pleasing than darkness . Sum- mer , when the earth is ... pleasures of the sight are not near so complicated , and confused , and altered by un- natural habits and ...
Page 57
... pleasure in them . There is in all men a sufficient remembrance of the original natural causes of pleasure , to enable them to bring all things offered to their senses to that standard , and to regulate their feelings and opinions by it ...
... pleasure in them . There is in all men a sufficient remembrance of the original natural causes of pleasure , to enable them to bring all things offered to their senses to that standard , and to regulate their feelings and opinions by it ...
Page 58
... pleasure of all the senses , of the sight , and even of the taste , that most ambiguous of the senses , is the same in all , high and low , learned and unlearned . Besides the ideas , with their annexed pains and pleasures , which are ...
... pleasure of all the senses , of the sight , and even of the taste , that most ambiguous of the senses , is the same in all , high and low , learned and unlearned . Besides the ideas , with their annexed pains and pleasures , which are ...
Page 59
... pleasure we derive from it is something of a nega- tive and indirect nature . A piece of news is told me in the morning ; this , merely as a piece of news , as a fact added to my stock , gives me some pleasure . In the evening I find ...
... pleasure we derive from it is something of a nega- tive and indirect nature . A piece of news is told me in the morning ; this , merely as a piece of news , as a fact added to my stock , gives me some pleasure . In the evening I find ...
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