The London Quarterly Review, Volume 6Theodore Foster, 1812 |
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... less unphilosophical prematurely to generalize . It is the business of the metaphysician to endeavour , by a refined analysis , to discover the primary principles of our intel- lectual nature ; but he ought to take care that his ...
... less unphilosophical prematurely to generalize . It is the business of the metaphysician to endeavour , by a refined analysis , to discover the primary principles of our intel- lectual nature ; but he ought to take care that his ...
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... less suspicious words of another ; and still more in the words of some writer whose talents might contribute to draw the public attention to an argument in which I conceived the credit of my favourite studies to be so peculiarly ...
... less suspicious words of another ; and still more in the words of some writer whose talents might contribute to draw the public attention to an argument in which I conceived the credit of my favourite studies to be so peculiarly ...
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... less than absurd ; and has led the critic into incon- sistencies which all his ingenuity has not been able to veil . The epithets of important ' and ' valuable , ' so liberally bestowed upon the speculations of Mr. Stewart , would come ...
... less than absurd ; and has led the critic into incon- sistencies which all his ingenuity has not been able to veil . The epithets of important ' and ' valuable , ' so liberally bestowed upon the speculations of Mr. Stewart , would come ...
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... less pleasing , or less elevating , than fancy or van- ity had disposed us to anticipate ? ' - p . 187 . Mr. Stewart has , greatly to the advantage of his reader , taken a wider range than the immediate subject of his essay required ...
... less pleasing , or less elevating , than fancy or van- ity had disposed us to anticipate ? ' - p . 187 . Mr. Stewart has , greatly to the advantage of his reader , taken a wider range than the immediate subject of his essay required ...
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... less to express it to others in words , any more than we are disposed , in our estimates of distance , to analyze the acquired perceptions of vision .'- p . 455 . VOL . VI . NO . XI . 5 From this truly admirable essay , ( to which all ...
... less to express it to others in words , any more than we are disposed , in our estimates of distance , to analyze the acquired perceptions of vision .'- p . 455 . VOL . VI . NO . XI . 5 From this truly admirable essay , ( to which all ...
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