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Page 76
This passion , though it sometimes runs into ridiculous lengths , and though it can
find no place in sounder minds , which truth alone can satisfy , is a generous and
extended feeling , far removed from those which are selfish and degrading .
This passion , though it sometimes runs into ridiculous lengths , and though it can
find no place in sounder minds , which truth alone can satisfy , is a generous and
extended feeling , far removed from those which are selfish and degrading .
Page 130
The considerations which Mr. Godwin represents as determining Chaucer to
undertake the translation of the Roman de la Rose , we feel confident could
never have entered the old poet's mind . With the exception of this conjectural
part , the ...
The considerations which Mr. Godwin represents as determining Chaucer to
undertake the translation of the Roman de la Rose , we feel confident could
never have entered the old poet's mind . With the exception of this conjectural
part , the ...
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versal propensity of unsophisticated unadulterated man ; to be an emotion of
feeling rather than an operation of intellect . We have no objection to distinguish
with Mr. P. between the rational , the inductive , and the comparative ground of ...
versal propensity of unsophisticated unadulterated man ; to be an emotion of
feeling rather than an operation of intellect . We have no objection to distinguish
with Mr. P. between the rational , the inductive , and the comparative ground of ...
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