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... produce , as an ob- jection , some poetical passage which does not seem easily accounted for upon the principles I endeavour to establish . This manner of proceeding I should think very improper . The task would be infinite , if we ...
... produce , as an ob- jection , some poetical passage which does not seem easily accounted for upon the principles I endeavour to establish . This manner of proceeding I should think very improper . The task would be infinite , if we ...
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... produces . Tobacco is the delight of Dutchmen , as it diffuses a torpor and pleasing stupefaction . Fermented spirits please our common people , because they banish care , and all consideration of future or present evils . All of these ...
... produces . Tobacco is the delight of Dutchmen , as it diffuses a torpor and pleasing stupefaction . Fermented spirits please our common people , because they banish care , and all consideration of future or present evils . All of these ...
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... producing anything absolutely new ; it can only vary the disposition of those ideas which it has received from the senses . Now the imagination is the most extensive pro- vince of pleasure and pain , as it is the region of our fears and ...
... producing anything absolutely new ; it can only vary the disposition of those ideas which it has received from the senses . Now the imagination is the most extensive pro- vince of pleasure and pain , as it is the region of our fears and ...
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... produce new images ; we unite , we create , we enlarge our stock ; but in making distinctions we offer no food at all to the imagination ; the task itself is more severe and irksome , and what pleasure we derive from it is something of ...
... produce new images ; we unite , we create , we enlarge our stock ; but in making distinctions we offer no food at all to the imagination ; the task itself is more severe and irksome , and what pleasure we derive from it is something of ...
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... , and all those vices , which pervert the judgment in other matters , prejudice it no less in this its more refined and elegant province . These causes produce different opinions upon everything 64 ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL .
... , and all those vices , which pervert the judgment in other matters , prejudice it no less in this its more refined and elegant province . These causes produce different opinions upon everything 64 ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL .
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