Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1763 |
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... greatest king ever the earth produced ? These it is true are strong facts ; but luckily they do not prove the sense of propriety to be artificial . They on- ly prove , that the fenfe of propriety is at times overpowered by pride and ...
... greatest king ever the earth produced ? These it is true are strong facts ; but luckily they do not prove the sense of propriety to be artificial . They on- ly prove , that the fenfe of propriety is at times overpowered by pride and ...
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... greatest ele- gance . A ftately and majeftic air requires fumptuous apparel , which ought not to be gaudy , nor crowded with little orna- ments . A woman of confummate beau- ty can bear to be highly adorned , and yet shows best in a ...
... greatest ele- gance . A ftately and majeftic air requires fumptuous apparel , which ought not to be gaudy , nor crowded with little orna- ments . A woman of confummate beau- ty can bear to be highly adorned , and yet shows best in a ...
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... greatest value upon themselves , are the most prone to laugh at others . Pride is a vivid paffion , as all are which have self for their object ; being extremely pleasant in itself , and not lefs fo in its gratifica- tion : this paffion ...
... greatest value upon themselves , are the most prone to laugh at others . Pride is a vivid paffion , as all are which have self for their object ; being extremely pleasant in itself , and not lefs fo in its gratifica- tion : this paffion ...
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... greatest bleffing , by gaining a juftly - founded self - esteem . But in a matter fo effential to our well - being , even felf - intereft is not relied on : the powerful authority of duty is fuperadded to the motive of interest . The ...
... greatest bleffing , by gaining a juftly - founded self - esteem . But in a matter fo effential to our well - being , even felf - intereft is not relied on : the powerful authority of duty is fuperadded to the motive of interest . The ...
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... greatest variety of feel- ings : they are in themfelves grand or lit- tle ; with refpect to the author , they are proper or improper ; with refpect to those affected by them , just or unjust . And I must now add , that they are also ...
... greatest variety of feel- ings : they are in themfelves grand or lit- tle ; with refpect to the author , they are proper or improper ; with refpect to those affected by them , just or unjust . And I must now add , that they are also ...
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