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... Mankind from every Species of Artificial Society A Philofophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful ; with an Intro- ductory Difcourfe concerning Tafte . xxiii I 81 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . THE late ...
... Mankind from every Species of Artificial Society A Philofophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful ; with an Intro- ductory Difcourfe concerning Tafte . xxiii I 81 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . THE late ...
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... MANKIND FROM EVERY SPECIES OF ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY . IN A LETTER TO LORD BY A LATE NOBLE WRITER . 1756 . VOL . I. B BE PREFACE . EFORE the philofophical works of Lord Bo- A Vindication of Natural Society: or, a View the Miferies and Evils ...
... MANKIND FROM EVERY SPECIES OF ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY . IN A LETTER TO LORD BY A LATE NOBLE WRITER . 1756 . VOL . I. B BE PREFACE . EFORE the philofophical works of Lord Bo- A Vindication of Natural Society: or, a View the Miferies and Evils ...
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... mankind delineated ; in fhort , all who confider fuch things as philosophy , and require some of them at least , in every philofophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the land- marks of science precifely in ...
... mankind delineated ; in fhort , all who confider fuch things as philosophy , and require some of them at least , in every philofophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the land- marks of science precifely in ...
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... mankind than his fuccefs ? > I cannot conceive how this fort of writers pro- pofe to compafs the defigns they pretend to have in view , by the inftruments which they employ . Do they pretend to exalt the mind of man , by proving him no ...
... mankind than his fuccefs ? > I cannot conceive how this fort of writers pro- pofe to compafs the defigns they pretend to have in view , by the inftruments which they employ . Do they pretend to exalt the mind of man , by proving him no ...
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... mankind have to the finding and exaggerating faults . The editor is fatisfied that a mind , which has no reftraint from a fenfe of its own weakness , of its fubordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of let- ting the ...
... mankind have to the finding and exaggerating faults . The editor is fatisfied that a mind , which has no reftraint from a fenfe of its own weakness , of its fubordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of let- ting the ...
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affected affociation againſt agreeable almoſt arifes beauty becauſe befides beſt body cafe caufe cauſe colours confequently confider confiderable confiftent darkneſs defcription defigned degree difpofition diftinct diftinguiſh diſcover faid fame fect feems fenfes fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fimilar fimple fince fions firft firſt fmooth fociety fome fomething fpecies ftand ftate ftill ftrength ftriking ftrong fubject fublime fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure fweet greateſt himſelf horrour idea images imagination impreffion itſelf juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs mankind manner meaſure mind miſtake moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs obferved object occafions ourſelves paffions pain perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffible pofitive prefent principles produce proportion purpoſe qualities raiſed reafon refult reprefented reſemblance SECT ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpecies ſtate tafte taſte tenfion terrour thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion tural underſtanding uſe whilft words