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Of all the bridges which ever were built, the whole world who have pass'd over the Pont Neuf must own, that it is the noblest, - the finest, - the grandest, - the lightest, - the longest, - the broadest, that ever conjoin'd land and land together upon the face of the terraqueous globe.

A Sentimental Journey 1766

Thus we are necessarily reduc'd to the other side of the dilemma, viz.. that all objects, which are found to be constantly conjoin'd, are upon that account only to be regarded as causes and effects.

A treatise of human nature 1739

There seems only this dilemma left us in the present case; either to assert, that nothing can be the cause of another, but where the mind can perceive the connexion in its idea of the objects: Or to maintain, that all objects, which we find constantly conjoin'd, are upon that account to be regarded as causes and effects.

A treatise of human nature 1739

But 'tis impossible anything divisible can be conjoin'd to a thought or perception, which is a being altogether inseparable and indivisible.

A treatise of human nature 1739

When we are accustomed to see two impressions conjoin'd together, the appearance or idea of the one immediately carries us to the idea of the other.

A treatise of human nature 1739

Our past experience presents no determinate object; and as our belief, however faint, fixes itself on a determinate object, 'tis evident that the belief arises not merely from the transference of past to future, but from some operation of the fancy conjoin'd with it.

A treatise of human nature 1739

By them we learn to distinguish the accidental circumstances from the efficacious causes; and when we find that an effect can be produc'd without the concurrence of any particular circumstance, we conclude that that circumstance makes not a part of the efficacious cause, however frequently conjoin'd with it.

A treatise of human nature 1739

'Twou'd be very happy for men in the conduct of their lives and actions, were the same objects always conjoin'd together, and, we had nothing to fear but the mistakes of our own judgment, without having any reason to apprehend the uncertainty of nature.

A treatise of human nature 1739

Your appeal to past experience decides nothing in the present case; and at the utmost can only prove, that that very object, which produc'd any other, was at that very instant endow'd with such a power; but can never prove, that the same power must continue in the same object or collection of sensible qualities; much less, that a like power is always conjoin'd with like sensible qualities.

A treatise of human nature 1739

Now we may observe, that when these superfluous circumstances are numerous, and remarkable, and frequently conjoin'd with the essential, they have such an influence on the imagination, that even in the absence of the latter they carry us on to t-he conception of the usual effect, and give to that conception a force and vivacity, which make it superior to the mere fictions of the fancy.

A treatise of human nature 1739