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... moral or sentimental sublime , arising from certain exertions of the mind ; from cer- tain affections and actions of our fellow creatures . These will be found to be chiefly of that class which comes under the name of magna- nimity or ...
... moral or sentimental sublime , arising from certain exertions of the mind ; from cer- tain affections and actions of our fellow creatures . These will be found to be chiefly of that class which comes under the name of magna- nimity or ...
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... moral objects , is presented to us in one view , and compared to- gether in the following beautiful passage of Aken- side's Pleasures of the imagination . Look then abroad through nature to the range Of planets , suns , and adamantine ...
... moral objects , is presented to us in one view , and compared to- gether in the following beautiful passage of Aken- side's Pleasures of the imagination . Look then abroad through nature to the range Of planets , suns , and adamantine ...
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Hugh Blair. in the moral dispositions and sentiments , which we contemplate with high admiration . In many painful and terrible objects also , it is evident , there is no sort of grandeur . The amputation of a limb , or the bite of a ...
Hugh Blair. in the moral dispositions and sentiments , which we contemplate with high admiration . In many painful and terrible objects also , it is evident , there is no sort of grandeur . The amputation of a limb , or the bite of a ...
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... that of beauty . There are two great classes of moral qualities ; one is of the high and the great vir tues , which require extraordinary efforts , and is founded on dangers and sufferings ; as hero- ism · 39 Pleasures of Taste .
... that of beauty . There are two great classes of moral qualities ; one is of the high and the great vir tues , which require extraordinary efforts , and is founded on dangers and sufferings ; as hero- ism · 39 Pleasures of Taste .
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... whether that pleasure arise from sublimity , from beauty in its various forms , from design and art , from moral sentiment , from novelty , from harmony , from wit , humour , or ridicule . To whichsoever 42 Beauty and other.
... whether that pleasure arise from sublimity , from beauty in its various forms , from design and art , from moral sentiment , from novelty , from harmony , from wit , humour , or ridicule . To whichsoever 42 Beauty and other.
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