A Book of English Essays (1600-1900)Stanley Victor Makower, Basil H. Blackwell Oxford University Press, 1952 - 440 pages |
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... pleasure ; whence they concluded , that friendship and virtue could not be disinterested . But the fallacy of this is obvious . The virtuous sentiment or passion produces the pleasure , and does not arise from it . I feel a pleasure in ...
... pleasure ; whence they concluded , that friendship and virtue could not be disinterested . But the fallacy of this is obvious . The virtuous sentiment or passion produces the pleasure , and does not arise from it . I feel a pleasure in ...
Page 112
... pleasure ; I then made no refinements on happiness , but could be pleased with the most awkward efforts of rustic mirth ; thought cross purposes the highest stretch of human wit , and questions and commands the most rational amusement ...
... pleasure ; I then made no refinements on happiness , but could be pleased with the most awkward efforts of rustic mirth ; thought cross purposes the highest stretch of human wit , and questions and commands the most rational amusement ...
Page 128
... pleasure arising from wit proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be similar in which we suspected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls proceeds from our discovering two things to be dissimilar in ...
... pleasure arising from wit proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be similar in which we suspected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls proceeds from our discovering two things to be dissimilar in ...
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SIR THOMAS OVERBURY 15811613 | 9 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 16051682 | 16 |
THOMAS FULLER 16081661 | 22 |
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