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Page iii
... altogether directed to their pursuit : and even the necessary arts are exalted into dignity , by the genius that can unite beauty with use . From the earliest period of so- ciety , to its last stage of improvement , they afford an ...
... altogether directed to their pursuit : and even the necessary arts are exalted into dignity , by the genius that can unite beauty with use . From the earliest period of so- ciety , to its last stage of improvement , they afford an ...
Page iv
... altogether depend upon the previous knowledge of the nature and laws of this faculty . To both these inquiries , however , there is a preliminary in- vestigation , which seems absolutely necessary , and without which every conclusion we ...
... altogether depend upon the previous knowledge of the nature and laws of this faculty . To both these inquiries , however , there is a preliminary in- vestigation , which seems absolutely necessary , and without which every conclusion we ...
Page v
... altogether simple , or in which accidental circumstances are not combined with the proper ef- fect . Unless , therefore , by means of repeated experiments , such accidental circumstances are accurately distinguished from the phenomena ...
... altogether simple , or in which accidental circumstances are not combined with the proper ef- fect . Unless , therefore , by means of repeated experiments , such accidental circumstances are accurately distinguished from the phenomena ...
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... altogether unconscious , or to share in it only in proportion to the degree in which they can relax this severity of attention , and yield to the relation of resembling thought . It is in the same manner , that the progress of life ...
... altogether unconscious , or to share in it only in proportion to the degree in which they can relax this severity of attention , and yield to the relation of resembling thought . It is in the same manner , that the progress of life ...
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... altogether to so long a train of feelings and recollections , that there is hardly any scene which one ever beholds with so much rapture . There are songs also , that we have heard in our infancy , which , when brought to our ...
... altogether to so long a train of feelings and recollections , that there is hardly any scene which one ever beholds with so much rapture . There are songs also , that we have heard in our infancy , which , when brought to our ...
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