Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious Narratives, with Observations on Some of the Most EminentMundell, 1805 - 174 páginas |
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... discover where vir- tue lies ; of the other to adorn , and render her pleasing and attractive . It has been asserted by an eminent philo- sopher , that man is formed capable of con- ceiving perfection , though not of attaining it . Yet ...
... discover where vir- tue lies ; of the other to adorn , and render her pleasing and attractive . It has been asserted by an eminent philo- sopher , that man is formed capable of con- ceiving perfection , though not of attaining it . Yet ...
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... discover any good effects that are likely to result from it . One thing is evident , that the greatest admiration which any one can feel for this quality , will have no tendency to increase it in himself , or to form him to any ...
... discover any good effects that are likely to result from it . One thing is evident , that the greatest admiration which any one can feel for this quality , will have no tendency to increase it in himself , or to form him to any ...
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... none , perhaps , who discover in their conduct less , both of the good and bad effects which fiction produces , than those who make it their daily food . It seems to occasion , then only a lamentable waste of time and corruption of 45.
... none , perhaps , who discover in their conduct less , both of the good and bad effects which fiction produces , than those who make it their daily food . It seems to occasion , then only a lamentable waste of time and corruption of 45.
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... or dangerous tendency is to be most carefully avoided ; and , if read at all , to be reserved until the attain- ment of a more advanced age and greater maturity of judgment . 3 PART II . HAVING thus endeavoured to discover the ends 47.
... or dangerous tendency is to be most carefully avoided ; and , if read at all , to be reserved until the attain- ment of a more advanced age and greater maturity of judgment . 3 PART II . HAVING thus endeavoured to discover the ends 47.
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... discover the ends which may be answered by fiction , and the manner in which it is to be conducted , in order to accomplish those ends , I shall now make a few remarks on such works of this kind as have attracted the greatest share of ...
... discover the ends which may be answered by fiction , and the manner in which it is to be conducted , in order to accomplish those ends , I shall now make a few remarks on such works of this kind as have attracted the greatest share of ...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Vista completa - 1805 |
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