Laurence Sterne: The Making of a Humorist, 1713-1762 |
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... mind [ asks Locke ] all the materials of reason and knowledge ? To this I answer , in one word , from experience : in that all our knowledge is founded , and from that it ultimately derives itself . Our observation , employed either ...
... mind [ asks Locke ] all the materials of reason and knowledge ? To this I answer , in one word , from experience : in that all our knowledge is founded , and from that it ultimately derives itself . Our observation , employed either ...
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... mind no change , Nor vehement desire - these delicacies I mean , of taste , sight , smell , herbs , fruits and flowers , Walks , and the melody of birds . ' Amidst the many topics discussed by essayists in the Guardian and the Spectator ...
... mind no change , Nor vehement desire - these delicacies I mean , of taste , sight , smell , herbs , fruits and flowers , Walks , and the melody of birds . ' Amidst the many topics discussed by essayists in the Guardian and the Spectator ...
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... mind and heart are linked in a kindly act . " In benevolent natures [ he writes here ] the impulse to pity is so sudden , that , like instruments of music which obey the touch , the objects which are fitted to excite such impressions ...
... mind and heart are linked in a kindly act . " In benevolent natures [ he writes here ] the impulse to pity is so sudden , that , like instruments of music which obey the touch , the objects which are fitted to excite such impressions ...
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