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... so, when I speak of positive pleasure, I shall for the most part call it simply pleasure. SECTION V. JOY AND GRIEF. It must be observed, that the cessation of pleasure affects the mind three ways. If it simply ceases after having continued.
... so, when I speak of positive pleasure, I shall for the most part call it simply pleasure. SECTION V. JOY AND GRIEF. It must be observed, that the cessation of pleasure affects the mind three ways. If it simply ceases after having continued.
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Edmund Burke. mind three ways. If it simply ceases after having continued a proper time, the effect is indifference; if it be abruptly broken off, there ensues an uneasy sense called disappointment; if the object be so totally lost that ...
Edmund Burke. mind three ways. If it simply ceases after having continued a proper time, the effect is indifference; if it be abruptly broken off, there ensues an uneasy sense called disappointment; if the object be so totally lost that ...
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... continued so long and in such a direction, as by their frequent impulses on the sense to impress the imagination with an idea of their progress beyond their actual limits. 2. Uniformity; because, if the figures of the parts should be ...
... continued so long and in such a direction, as by their frequent impulses on the sense to impress the imagination with an idea of their progress beyond their actual limits. 2. Uniformity; because, if the figures of the parts should be ...
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... continued, even so varied, in a manner that may weary or dissipate the attention. The variation itself must be continually varied. SECTION XXIV. CONCERNING SMALLNESS. To avoid a sameness which may arise from the too frequent repetition ...
... continued, even so varied, in a manner that may weary or dissipate the attention. The variation itself must be continually varied. SECTION XXIV. CONCERNING SMALLNESS. To avoid a sameness which may arise from the too frequent repetition ...
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... continued to encamp on the same ground on which the first battle was fought; and, as it must ever happen from the policy of that government, the last troops she sent into the field were always found to be the best, and her frequent ...
... continued to encamp on the same ground on which the first battle was fought; and, as it must ever happen from the policy of that government, the last troops she sent into the field were always found to be the best, and her frequent ...
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