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Page 57
... species . The appetites of hunger , thirst , and animal love , arise in the mind before they are directed to any object ; and in no case whatever is the mind more solici tous for a proper object , than when under the influ- ence of any ...
... species . The appetites of hunger , thirst , and animal love , arise in the mind before they are directed to any object ; and in no case whatever is the mind more solici tous for a proper object , than when under the influ- ence of any ...
Page 97
... species of animals , particularly in our own ; and we have a conviction that this common nature is right , or perfect , and that individuals ought to be made con- formable to it . To every faculty , to every pas- sion , and to every ...
... species of animals , particularly in our own ; and we have a conviction that this common nature is right , or perfect , and that individuals ought to be made con- formable to it . To every faculty , to every pas- sion , and to every ...
Page 188
... species . Beauty , therefore , which for its ex- istence depends on the percipient as much as on the object perceived , cannot be an inherent pro- perty in either . And hence it is wittily observed by the poet , that beauty is not in ...
... species . Beauty , therefore , which for its ex- istence depends on the percipient as much as on the object perceived , cannot be an inherent pro- perty in either . And hence it is wittily observed by the poet , that beauty is not in ...
Page 193
... species . The emotion of grandeur , duly examined , will be found an additional proof of the foregoing doc- trine . That this emotion is pleasant in a high degree , requires no other evidence but once to have seen a grand object ; and ...
... species . The emotion of grandeur , duly examined , will be found an additional proof of the foregoing doc- trine . That this emotion is pleasant in a high degree , requires no other evidence but once to have seen a grand object ; and ...
Page 196
... species of agreeableness ; that a beau- tiful object placed high , appearing more agreeable than formerly , produces in the spectator a new emotion , termed the emotion of sublimity ; and that the perfection of order , regularity , and ...
... species of agreeableness ; that a beau- tiful object placed high , appearing more agreeable than formerly , produces in the spectator a new emotion , termed the emotion of sublimity ; and that the perfection of order , regularity , and ...
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