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... tion as a text - book , especially in female seminaries . Hence some retrenchment becomes necessary to the highest usefulness of the work : and it will not be doubted that it may receive great improvement , by additions . which may be ...
... tion as a text - book , especially in female seminaries . Hence some retrenchment becomes necessary to the highest usefulness of the work : and it will not be doubted that it may receive great improvement , by additions . which may be ...
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... tion is , to any one sort . Thus feeling being the genus of which sen- sation is a species , their meaning is the same when applied to pleasure and pain felt at the organ of sense and accordingly we say indif- ferently , " I feel ...
... tion is , to any one sort . Thus feeling being the genus of which sen- sation is a species , their meaning is the same when applied to pleasure and pain felt at the organ of sense and accordingly we say indif- ferently , " I feel ...
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... tion of this terrible doctrine to be no better than a shallow metaphysical argu- ment , namely , " That no being can act but where it is ; and consequently , that and accurate definition of an idea , in contradistinction to 12 INTRODUCTION ...
... tion of this terrible doctrine to be no better than a shallow metaphysical argu- ment , namely , " That no being can act but where it is ; and consequently , that and accurate definition of an idea , in contradistinction to 12 INTRODUCTION ...
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... tion for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil , supported by the authority of Aristotle . Strange ! that in so long a work , he should never once have stumbled upon the question , Whether , and how far , do these ...
... tion for any of them , than the practice merely of Homer and Virgil , supported by the authority of Aristotle . Strange ! that in so long a work , he should never once have stumbled upon the question , Whether , and how far , do these ...
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... tion , the pleasure or pain produced by the former is proportionably fainter than that produced by the latter . 78. Having explained the nature of an emotion , and mentioned several causes by which it is produced , we proceed to an ...
... tion , the pleasure or pain produced by the former is proportionably fainter than that produced by the latter . 78. Having explained the nature of an emotion , and mentioned several causes by which it is produced , we proceed to an ...
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الصفحة 384 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...
الصفحة 260 - By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault...
الصفحة 59 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs; She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful. She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man; she thank'd me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
الصفحة 218 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
الصفحة 33 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
الصفحة 415 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
الصفحة 164 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
الصفحة 331 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
الصفحة 135 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
الصفحة 467 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain, Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field, and where the unpierced shade Imbrown'd the noontide bowers ; thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view...