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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... practice . Men must always be expected to fall somewhat short of the standard they have formed to themselves . The great danger , then is , of that standard being too low , not of its being too high . Even if some little abatement be ...
... practice . Men must always be expected to fall somewhat short of the standard they have formed to themselves . The great danger , then is , of that standard being too low , not of its being too high . Even if some little abatement be ...
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... practice . It ought to be suited , also , to the state of society at the time , not to another , though perhaps a happier and better state . There is another observation , made by highly respectable writers , and drawn from very ...
... practice . It ought to be suited , also , to the state of society at the time , not to another , though perhaps a happier and better state . There is another observation , made by highly respectable writers , and drawn from very ...
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... practice ; yet daily experience proves them , on the whole , to be extremely useful . There seems no reason why the same observation should not apply to the case we are con- sidering . An habitual disposition to act con- formably to the ...
... practice ; yet daily experience proves them , on the whole , to be extremely useful . There seems no reason why the same observation should not apply to the case we are con- sidering . An habitual disposition to act con- formably to the ...
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... practice of forming con- nections for life , with peculiar regard to this circumstance , is , perhaps , not one which a wise man would wish very much to encou- rage . Yet , to represent a great deficiency in this particular would be ...
... practice of forming con- nections for life , with peculiar regard to this circumstance , is , perhaps , not one which a wise man would wish very much to encou- rage . Yet , to represent a great deficiency in this particular would be ...
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... practice is very different , and that there is no department of literature , in which the public are willing to put up with such pal- try performances The cause undoubtedly is , that they are resorted to as an amusement by a multitude ...
... practice is very different , and that there is no department of literature , in which the public are willing to put up with such pal- try performances The cause undoubtedly is , that they are resorted to as an amusement by a multitude ...
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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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