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... objects, are the senses; the imagination; and the judgment. And first with regard to the senses. We do and we must ... object excites in one man, it must raise in all mankind, whilst it operates naturally, simply, and by its proper ...
... objects, are the senses; the imagination; and the judgment. And first with regard to the senses. We do and we must ... object excites in one man, it must raise in all mankind, whilst it operates naturally, simply, and by its proper ...
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... object, and by frequent exercise. They who have not taken these methods, if their taste decides quickly, it is always uncertainly; and their quickness is owing to their presumption and rashness, and not to any sudden irradiation, that ...
... object, and by frequent exercise. They who have not taken these methods, if their taste decides quickly, it is always uncertainly; and their quickness is owing to their presumption and rashness, and not to any sudden irradiation, that ...
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... object perpetually; it has an appetite which is very sharp, but very easily satisfied; and it has always an ... objects, and soon exhausts the variety which is commonly to be met with in nature; the same things make frequent returns, and ...
... object perpetually; it has an appetite which is very sharp, but very easily satisfied; and it has always an ... objects, and soon exhausts the variety which is commonly to be met with in nature; the same things make frequent returns, and ...
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... object be so totally lost that there is no chance of enjoying it again, a passion arises in the mind which is called grief. Now there is none of these, not even grief, which is the most violent, that I think has any resemblance to ...
... object be so totally lost that there is no chance of enjoying it again, a passion arises in the mind which is called grief. Now there is none of these, not even grief, which is the most violent, that I think has any resemblance to ...
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... object represented in poetry or painting is such as we could have no desire of seeing in the reality, then I may be sure that its power in poetry or painting is owing to the power of imitation, and to no cause operating in the thing ...
... object represented in poetry or painting is such as we could have no desire of seeing in the reality, then I may be sure that its power in poetry or painting is owing to the power of imitation, and to no cause operating in the thing ...
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