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" ... frequency of their repetition, because the comparison becomes less sensible between their past and actual state. Every time that we see an object, hear a sound, or taste a dish, we find less difference between what we experience and what we have experienced.... "
Physiological Researches Upon Life and Death - Page 37
by Xavier Bichat - 1809 - 300 pages
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The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 5

William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...present impression. It belongs, therefore, to the nature of pleasure and pain to de»troy themselves, and to cease to exist because they have existed. The art of prolonging the duration of our enjoyments con«iits in varying their sources. Habit, however, which deadens sensation , augments and bringt to...
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 10

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 378 pages
...present impression. It belongs, therefore, to the nature of pleasure and pain to destroy themselves, and to cease to exist because they have existed. The art...duration of our enjoyments consists in varying their sources. Habit, however, which deadens sensation, augments and brings to perfection the judgment. Most...
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 10

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 376 pages
...present impression. It belongs, therefore, to the nature of pleasure and pain to destroy themselves, and to cease to exist because they have existed. The art...duration of our enjoyments consists in varying their sources. Habit, however, which deadens sensation, augments and brings to perfection the judgment. Most...
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