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... AND ALWAYS MY TRUE AND INDULGENT FRIEND , I NOW DEDICATE THIS REPUBLICATION ; FROM LOVE OF OLD RECOLLECTIONS , AND IN TOKEN OF UNCHANGED AFFECTION AND ESTEEM . F. JEFFREY . 86697 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . I AM very proud A 3.
... AND ALWAYS MY TRUE AND INDULGENT FRIEND , I NOW DEDICATE THIS REPUBLICATION ; FROM LOVE OF OLD RECOLLECTIONS , AND IN TOKEN OF UNCHANGED AFFECTION AND ESTEEM . F. JEFFREY . 86697 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . I AM very proud A 3.
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... affections ; -a doctrine which , however mystically unfolded in his writings , or however combined with extravagant or absurd specu- lations , unquestionably carries in it the germ of all the truth that has since been revealed on the ...
... affections ; -a doctrine which , however mystically unfolded in his writings , or however combined with extravagant or absurd specu- lations , unquestionably carries in it the germ of all the truth that has since been revealed on the ...
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... affection of the senses of sight or hear- ing ; at other times , by a perception of a kind of regular variety ; and in other instances by the association of interesting conceptions ; thus abandoning altogether any attempt to answer the ...
... affection of the senses of sight or hear- ing ; at other times , by a perception of a kind of regular variety ; and in other instances by the association of interesting conceptions ; thus abandoning altogether any attempt to answer the ...
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... affections or emotions of our nature ; and in this , which is the fundamental point of his theory , we conceive him to be no less clearly right , than he is convincing and judicious in the copious and beautiful illustrations by which he ...
... affections or emotions of our nature ; and in this , which is the fundamental point of his theory , we conceive him to be no less clearly right , than he is convincing and judicious in the copious and beautiful illustrations by which he ...
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... vast majority of instances , there is the remarkable circumstance of their being all suggested by association with some present sensation , and all mo- It 30 WHAT AFFECTIONS SUGGESTED BY BEAUTY . dified and confounded.
... vast majority of instances , there is the remarkable circumstance of their being all suggested by association with some present sensation , and all mo- It 30 WHAT AFFECTIONS SUGGESTED BY BEAUTY . dified and confounded.
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Página 179 - for,' says he, 'the author shall not begin to print till / have a thousand guineas for him." Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room, beckoning Dr. Swift to follow him: both went off just before
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Página 402 - of it at this moment. Talk not of an inn ; mention it not for your life. We have never had so many visitors, but we could easily accommodate them all, though we have received Unwin, and his wife, and his sister, and his son, all at once. My dear, I will not let