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... He wrote also various tracts , of a less popular description , which he designed for private cir- culation , culation , in quarters where he supposed they might produce vi ADVERTISEMENT . Of the Passions which belong to Self-pre- servation.
... He wrote also various tracts , of a less popular description , which he designed for private cir- culation , culation , in quarters where he supposed they might produce vi ADVERTISEMENT . Of the Passions which belong to Self-pre- servation.
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... description of the horrours that attend the wafting of kingdoms , and facking of cities . But I do not write to the vulgar , nor to that which only governs the vulgar , their paf- sions . I go upon a naked and moderate calcula- tion ...
... description of the horrours that attend the wafting of kingdoms , and facking of cities . But I do not write to the vulgar , nor to that which only governs the vulgar , their paf- sions . I go upon a naked and moderate calcula- tion ...
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... description of death in the fecond book is admi rably studied ; it is astonishing with what a gloomy pomp , with what a fignificant and expressive un- certainty of strokes and colouring , he has finished the portrait of the king of ...
... description of death in the fecond book is admi rably studied ; it is astonishing with what a gloomy pomp , with what a fignificant and expressive un- certainty of strokes and colouring , he has finished the portrait of the king of ...
Page 162
... description than I could do by the best painting . This experience conftantly evinces . The proper manner of con- veying the affections of the mind from one to ano- ther , is by words ; there is a great infufficiency in all other ...
... description than I could do by the best painting . This experience conftantly evinces . The proper manner of con- veying the affections of the mind from one to ano- ther , is by words ; there is a great infufficiency in all other ...
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... description , than the clearest painting , could poffibly represent it ? When painters have attempted to give us clear representations of these very fanciful and terrible ideas , they have , I think , almost always failed ; infomuch ...
... description , than the clearest painting , could poffibly represent it ? When painters have attempted to give us clear representations of these very fanciful and terrible ideas , they have , I think , almost always failed ; infomuch ...
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