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Page 67
... tion not fuffered to dwell too long , and wafte itself on any particular object . It is this , likewife , that im- proves what is great or beautiful , and makes it afford the mind a double entertainment . Groves , fields , and meadows ...
... tion not fuffered to dwell too long , and wafte itself on any particular object . It is this , likewife , that im- proves what is great or beautiful , and makes it afford the mind a double entertainment . Groves , fields , and meadows ...
Page 90
... tion of what is great , furprifing , or beautiful , is much more fo ; because here we are not only delighted with comparing the representation with the original , but are highly pleafed with the original itfelf . Moft readers , I ...
... tion of what is great , furprifing , or beautiful , is much more fo ; because here we are not only delighted with comparing the representation with the original , but are highly pleafed with the original itfelf . Moft readers , I ...
Page 271
... tion of it ! but at the fame time it is certain , that faith is kept alive in us , and gathers ftrength from practice more than from fpeculation . There is still another method which is more perfuafive than any of the former , and that ...
... tion of it ! but at the fame time it is certain , that faith is kept alive in us , and gathers ftrength from practice more than from fpeculation . There is still another method which is more perfuafive than any of the former , and that ...
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