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Page 85
... idea to an equality with our impressions , and bestow on it a like influence on the passions . This effect it can only have by making an idea approach an impression in force and vivacity . " Hume was another for whom Johnson professed ...
... idea to an equality with our impressions , and bestow on it a like influence on the passions . This effect it can only have by making an idea approach an impression in force and vivacity . " Hume was another for whom Johnson professed ...
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... Idea ' seems at one time cognate with ' passions ' ( ' For every idea , whether of love , grief , fear , or any other passion ' ) : at another time it seems to be superior to the passions ( ' By dwelling upon ... any idea , we may ...
... Idea ' seems at one time cognate with ' passions ' ( ' For every idea , whether of love , grief , fear , or any other passion ' ) : at another time it seems to be superior to the passions ( ' By dwelling upon ... any idea , we may ...
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... idea in the sense of notion or opinion , when it is clear that idea can only signify something of which an image can be formed in the mind . We may have an idea or image of a mountain , a tree , a building ; but we cannot surely have an ...
... idea in the sense of notion or opinion , when it is clear that idea can only signify something of which an image can be formed in the mind . We may have an idea or image of a mountain , a tree , a building ; but we cannot surely have an ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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