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Page 41
... feem on the verge of liberty , from which they are for ever debarred ; this fallacious idea of liberty , whilst it presents a vain shadow of happiness to the fubject , binds fafter the chains of his subjection . What is left undone , by ...
... feem on the verge of liberty , from which they are for ever debarred ; this fallacious idea of liberty , whilst it presents a vain shadow of happiness to the fubject , binds fafter the chains of his subjection . What is left undone , by ...
Page 85
... as an objection , some poetical passage which does not feem easily accounted for upon the prin- ciples I endeavour to establish . This manner of • proceeding G3 ソ proceeding I should think very improper . The task PREFACE . 85.
... as an objection , some poetical passage which does not feem easily accounted for upon the prin- ciples I endeavour to establish . This manner of • proceeding G3 ソ proceeding I should think very improper . The task PREFACE . 85.
Page 96
... feem more immediately within the province of mere reafon . And indeed , it is very neceffary , at the entrance into fuch an inquiry as our pre- fent , to make this point as clear as possible ; for if tafte has no fixed principles , if ...
... feem more immediately within the province of mere reafon . And indeed , it is very neceffary , at the entrance into fuch an inquiry as our pre- fent , to make this point as clear as possible ; for if tafte has no fixed principles , if ...
Page 97
... feem in danger of circum- scribing nature within the bounds of our own no- tions , which we often take up by hazard , or em- brace on trust , or form out of a limited and par- tial confideration of the object before us , instead of ...
... feem in danger of circum- scribing nature within the bounds of our own no- tions , which we often take up by hazard , or em- brace on trust , or form out of a limited and par- tial confideration of the object before us , instead of ...
Page 98
... fatis- factorily about them . And fuch principles of taste I fancy there are ; however paradoxical it may feem to those , who on a fuperficial view imagine , that there is so great a diversity of tastes ,. that 98 INTRODUCTION .
... fatis- factorily about them . And fuch principles of taste I fancy there are ; however paradoxical it may feem to those , who on a fuperficial view imagine , that there is so great a diversity of tastes ,. that 98 INTRODUCTION .
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