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... true , that the practical good results of a pros- ecution of this science are exceedingly inconsiderable , it might , nevertheless , be properly studied , because a natural and reasonable curiosity is in this way gratified . The bot ...
... true , that the practical good results of a pros- ecution of this science are exceedingly inconsiderable , it might , nevertheless , be properly studied , because a natural and reasonable curiosity is in this way gratified . The bot ...
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... true , that he is so . But what is his situation in the introducto- ry period of his life ! If he be an object of love , he is also an object of solicitude and pity ; he is utterly under the direction of another , unable at first to ...
... true , that he is so . But what is his situation in the introducto- ry period of his life ! If he be an object of love , he is also an object of solicitude and pity ; he is utterly under the direction of another , unable at first to ...
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... true . That the human mind possesses a natural energy and is rapidly progressive is certain ; but it is not less so , that it has its boundaries . And here we find another of the good results of a knowledge of Mental Philosophy , that ...
... true . That the human mind possesses a natural energy and is rapidly progressive is certain ; but it is not less so , that it has its boundaries . And here we find another of the good results of a knowledge of Mental Philosophy , that ...
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... true conceptions of the nature of the universal Author . Hence , in studying mind even on the limited theatre of humanity we are indirectly studying the Supreme Being , since God is the original , indispensable , and all - pervading ...
... true conceptions of the nature of the universal Author . Hence , in studying mind even on the limited theatre of humanity we are indirectly studying the Supreme Being , since God is the original , indispensable , and all - pervading ...
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... true knowledge of the Divinity without . And these degraded men are so in love with their grovelling and un- intelligent conceptions , that they will show you the spir- ituality of the Omniscience , reduced to a visible form , and cased ...
... true knowledge of the Divinity without . And these degraded men are so in love with their grovelling and un- intelligent conceptions , that they will show you the spir- ituality of the Omniscience , reduced to a visible form , and cased ...
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Page 400 - ... according to the deeds done in the body, whether they be good or whether they be evil...
Page 500 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 58 - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.
Page 138 - 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 460 - Must kings neglect that private men enjoy! And what have kings that privates have not too, Save ceremony— save general ceremony?
Page 308 - 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 16 - ... nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong course; and that before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with. This I proposed to the company, who all readily assented; and thereupon it was agreed that this should be our first inquiry.
Page 509 - 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 505 - Along the woods, along the moorish fens, Sighs the sad genius of the coming storm; And up among the loose disjointed cliffs And fractured mountains wild, the brawling brook And cave, presageful, send a hollow moan, Resounding long in listening fancy's ear.
Page 517 - There is a principle of reflection in men, by which they distinguish between, approve and disapprove their own actions. We are plainly constituted such sort of creatures as to reflect upon our own nature. The mind can take a view of what passes within itself, its propensions, aversions, passions, affections, as respecting such objects, and in such degrees, and of the several actions consequent thereupon. In this survey it approves of one, disapproves of another, and towards a third is affected in...