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... REGARD THE SOCIETY OF THE SEXES. The final cause of the difference in character between the passions which regard self-preservation, and those which are directed to the multiplication of the species, will illustrate the foregoing ...
... REGARD THE SOCIETY OF THE SEXES. The final cause of the difference in character between the passions which regard self-preservation, and those which are directed to the multiplication of the species, will illustrate the foregoing ...
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... regard self-preservation, and turning upon pain may be a source of the sublime; or it may turn upon ideas of pleasure; and then whatever has been said of the social affections, whether they regard society in general, or only some ...
... regard self-preservation, and turning upon pain may be a source of the sublime; or it may turn upon ideas of pleasure; and then whatever has been said of the social affections, whether they regard society in general, or only some ...
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... regard to the feeling, it is exactly the same in its effect, or very nearly the same, whether, for instance, I move ... regards beauty, as it is founded on the disposition of its quantity, or its quantity itself. In speaking of the ...
... regard to the feeling, it is exactly the same in its effect, or very nearly the same, whether, for instance, I move ... regards beauty, as it is founded on the disposition of its quantity, or its quantity itself. In speaking of the ...
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... regard to her debt. Everybody knows that the principal of the debt is but a name; the interest is the only thing which can distress a nation. Take this idea, which will not be disputed, and compare the interest paid by England with that ...
... regard to her debt. Everybody knows that the principal of the debt is but a name; the interest is the only thing which can distress a nation. Take this idea, which will not be disputed, and compare the interest paid by England with that ...
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... regard to its legal form and power, but to its spirit, and to the purposes it is meant to answer in the constitution. The House of Commons was supposed originally to be no part of the standing government of this country. It was ...
... regard to its legal form and power, but to its spirit, and to the purposes it is meant to answer in the constitution. The House of Commons was supposed originally to be no part of the standing government of this country. It was ...
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