Elements of Criticism, Volum 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Pàgina 9
... circumstances , we look not for any thing natural in those which are acceffory . On the other hand , a ferious and important fubject , admits not much or- VOL . II ... B nament nament * : nor a subject that of itself is Ch . X. 9 AND ...
... circumstances , we look not for any thing natural in those which are acceffory . On the other hand , a ferious and important fubject , admits not much or- VOL . II ... B nament nament * : nor a subject that of itself is Ch . X. 9 AND ...
Pàgina 11
... circumstances in which it is placed . The ornaments that are proper for a ball , will appear not altogether fo decent at pu- blic worship ; and the fame perfon ought to dress differently for a marriage - feast and for a burial . Nothing ...
... circumstances in which it is placed . The ornaments that are proper for a ball , will appear not altogether fo decent at pu- blic worship ; and the fame perfon ought to dress differently for a marriage - feast and for a burial . Nothing ...
Pàgina 44
... circumstances both risible and improper , and therefore in fome measure ridiculous . Humour in writing is very different from humour in character . When an author in- fifts upon ludicrous subjects with a profeff- ed ed purpose to make ...
... circumstances both risible and improper , and therefore in fome measure ridiculous . Humour in writing is very different from humour in character . When an author in- fifts upon ludicrous subjects with a profeff- ed ed purpose to make ...
Pàgina 84
... circumstance afterward . What at present we have in view , is to prove by experiments , that those things which at first are but mo- derately agreeable , are the apteft to be- come habitual . Spirituous liquors , at first scarce ...
... circumstance afterward . What at present we have in view , is to prove by experiments , that those things which at first are but mo- derately agreeable , are the apteft to be- come habitual . Spirituous liquors , at first scarce ...
Pàgina 87
... circumstances then requifite to augment any pleasure and at the long run to form a habit , are weak uniform acts , reiterated during a long course of time without any confiderable interruption . Eve- ry agreeable cause which operates in ...
... circumstances then requifite to augment any pleasure and at the long run to form a habit , are weak uniform acts , reiterated during a long course of time without any confiderable interruption . Eve- ry agreeable cause which operates in ...
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