Contributions to the Edinburgh ReviewD. Appleton, 1864 - 762 pages |
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... delight us in a philosophical discovery . The truth is , that agreeableness is not properly a quality of any object whatsoever , but the effect or result of certain qualities , the nature of which , in every particular instance , we can ...
... delight us in a philosophical discovery . The truth is , that agreeableness is not properly a quality of any object whatsoever , but the effect or result of certain qualities , the nature of which , in every particular instance , we can ...
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... delight or emotion must produce a certain agreeable sensation , and that the objects which introduce these recollections should not appear altogether in- different to us : nor is it , perhaps , very difficult In most of these ...
... delight or emotion must produce a certain agreeable sensation , and that the objects which introduce these recollections should not appear altogether in- different to us : nor is it , perhaps , very difficult In most of these ...
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... delight of the eye or the ear ; to which , after tions between its objects and the common stating very slightly the objection , that it joys or emotions of our nature . Which of these two classes of speculation , to one or other of ...
... delight of the eye or the ear ; to which , after tions between its objects and the common stating very slightly the objection , that it joys or emotions of our nature . Which of these two classes of speculation , to one or other of ...
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... delight from the combinations of uniformity and variety , with- out any consideration of their being significant of things agreeable to our other faculties ; and this being accomplished by the mere force of the definition , there was no ...
... delight from the combinations of uniformity and variety , with- out any consideration of their being significant of things agreeable to our other faculties ; and this being accomplished by the mere force of the definition , there was no ...
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... delight in the remembrance of our past , or the con- ception of our future emotions , even though attended with great pain , provided the pain be not forced too rudely on the mind , and be softened by the accompaniment of any milder ...
... delight in the remembrance of our past , or the con- ception of our future emotions , even though attended with great pain , provided the pain be not forced too rudely on the mind , and be softened by the accompaniment of any milder ...
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