Essays, Moral, Political and AestheticD. Appleton and Company, 1884 - 418 páginas |
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... carrying out the metaphor that language is the vehicle of thought , there seems reason to think that in all cases the friction and inertia of the vehicle deduct from its efficiency ; and that in composition , the chief , if not the sole ...
... carrying out the metaphor that language is the vehicle of thought , there seems reason to think that in all cases the friction and inertia of the vehicle deduct from its efficiency ; and that in composition , the chief , if not the sole ...
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... carrying forward the qualifying member ready for use . And the more numerous the qualifications to be simultaneously remembered and rightly applied , the greater will be the mental power expended , and the smaller the effect produced ...
... carrying forward the qualifying member ready for use . And the more numerous the qualifications to be simultaneously remembered and rightly applied , the greater will be the mental power expended , and the smaller the effect produced ...
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... carrying forward each qualifying clause costs some mental effort , it follows that when the number of them and the time they are carried become great , we reach a limit beyond which more is lost than is gained . Other things equal , the ...
... carrying forward each qualifying clause costs some mental effort , it follows that when the number of them and the time they are carried become great , we reach a limit beyond which more is lost than is gained . Other things equal , the ...
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... carry a hundred - weight from place to place at once , than by a stone at a time ; so , to an active mind it may be easier to bear along all the qualifications of an idea and at once rightly form it when named , than to first ...
... carry a hundred - weight from place to place at once , than by a stone at a time ; so , to an active mind it may be easier to bear along all the qualifications of an idea and at once rightly form it when named , than to first ...
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... carrying forward so many particulars is diminished , and the subsequent qualification " with no small difficulty " entails an addition to the thought that is very easily made . But a further improvement may be produced by intro- ducing ...
... carrying forward so many particulars is diminished , and the subsequent qualification " with no small difficulty " entails an addition to the thought that is very easily made . But a further improvement may be produced by intro- ducing ...
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