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... merely 202. Of adherence to our opinions 203. Effects on the mind of debating for victory instead of truth 216 217 • 218 CHAPTER XIII . IMAGINATION . 204. Imagination an intellectual rather than a sensitive process 205. The imagination ...
... merely 202. Of adherence to our opinions 203. Effects on the mind of debating for victory instead of truth 216 217 • 218 CHAPTER XIII . IMAGINATION . 204. Imagination an intellectual rather than a sensitive process 205. The imagination ...
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... merely 293 294 272. Further illustrations of associated feelings . 295 273. Instances of national associations 297 274. The sources of associated beauty coincident with those of human happiness 298 275. Summary of views in regard to the ...
... merely 293 294 272. Further illustrations of associated feelings . 295 273. Instances of national associations 297 274. The sources of associated beauty coincident with those of human happiness 298 275. Summary of views in regard to the ...
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... merely that our ideas are then comparatively few in number , but that far the greater proportion of them are suggested by external objects . They are forced upon us by our immediate wants ; they have relation to what we ourselves see ...
... merely that our ideas are then comparatively few in number , but that far the greater proportion of them are suggested by external objects . They are forced upon us by our immediate wants ; they have relation to what we ourselves see ...
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... merely proves the senses to be a source of knowledge , without necessarily involving the priority of that knowledge to what has an internal origin . But then observe the persons referred to a little further , and it will be found , as a ...
... merely proves the senses to be a source of knowledge , without necessarily involving the priority of that knowledge to what has an internal origin . But then observe the persons referred to a little further , and it will be found , as a ...
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... merely by his wanting the single sense of hear- ing ; a proof that the senses were designed by our Cre- ator to be the first source of knowledge , and that without them the faculties of the soul would never become oper- ative . 8 ...
... merely by his wanting the single sense of hear- ing ; a proof that the senses were designed by our Cre- ator to be the first source of knowledge , and that without them the faculties of the soul would never become oper- ative . 8 ...
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abstract ideas acquired antecedent apparent magnitude appear apply ascribed asso attention belief blind body called circumstances colour combined complex notion conceptions connexion consciousness consequence consideration considered constitution degree direct distinct dreams emotions ence eral exercise existence experience expressed external objects external origin fact give habit hearing Hence illustrated imagination instance intellectual internal James Mitchell jects Julius Cæsar knowledge Kubla Khan language Lavallette less means memory MENTAL PHILOSOPHY meration merely mind mon language moral reasoning nature ness notice occasion operations outward papillæ particular perceived persons philosophers possess present principle properties propositions Puiseaux qualities recollection reference relation relative suggestion remark remember resemblance respect retina rience Samuel Chilton sensations exhibit sense of touch separate sight smell sophism soul sound speak species supposed susceptible taste term things thoughts and feelings tion truth visual perception volition whole words
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Page 103 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 165 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 305 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
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Page 358 - Man in society is like a flower Blown in its native bed : 'tis there alone His faculties, expanded in full bloom, Shine out; there only reach their proper use.
Page 312 - The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And like a lobster boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn," The imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety ; it sees all things in one, il piti nelV uno.
Page 414 - God, but the doers of the law shall be justified : for when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Page 390 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 189 - ... according to the deeds done in the body, whether they be good or whether they be evil...
Page 120 - This source of ideas every man has wholly in himself; and though it be not sense, as having nothing to do with external objects, yet it is very like it, and might properly enough be called internal sense...