Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text BookJ. Griffin, 1826 - 200 páginas |
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... character of the meta- physical writings of the SCHOOLS . The origin of those institutions , to which the name of SCHOOLS is given , was this . By order of a general Council of the Roman Catholick Church , held at Rome in the year 1179 ...
... character of the meta- physical writings of the SCHOOLS . The origin of those institutions , to which the name of SCHOOLS is given , was this . By order of a general Council of the Roman Catholick Church , held at Rome in the year 1179 ...
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... character in subsequent life much the same as the înclination of the tree follows the bent of the twig . Chil dren and youth adopt almost implicitly the manners and opinions of those , under whom they happen in Providence to be placed ...
... character in subsequent life much the same as the înclination of the tree follows the bent of the twig . Chil dren and youth adopt almost implicitly the manners and opinions of those , under whom they happen in Providence to be placed ...
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... character are attended with pain and disapprobation . Hence it may be laid down as a principle of our men- tal constitution , that certain emotions follow the exhibi- tion of objects or actions to the mind , much the same as vision ...
... character are attended with pain and disapprobation . Hence it may be laid down as a principle of our men- tal constitution , that certain emotions follow the exhibi- tion of objects or actions to the mind , much the same as vision ...
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... character , seems to have no more reason in it , than to demand a verbal defini- tion of the simple perceptions of taste , of hearing , and of sight . § . 58. Of the evidence in favour of this account of the origin of our ideas . It was ...
... character , seems to have no more reason in it , than to demand a verbal defini- tion of the simple perceptions of taste , of hearing , and of sight . § . 58. Of the evidence in favour of this account of the origin of our ideas . It was ...
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... character of those appearances . But when this idea is once suggested , we are taught by the inutility of our efforts to proceed any further , that we have reached one boundary of our knowledge , which we cannot pass ; and that while we ...
... character of those appearances . But when this idea is once suggested , we are taught by the inutility of our efforts to proceed any further , that we have reached one boundary of our knowledge , which we cannot pass ; and that while we ...
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Página 180 - He has visited all Europe ;^not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...
Página 14 - After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any 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.
Página 101 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. It comes upon me. Art thou any thing ? Art thou some god, some angel, or some devil, That mak'st my blood cold and my hair to stare ? Speak to me what thou art.
Página 180 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Página 14 - ... found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any 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 enquiries 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.
Página 44 - When he first saw, he was so far from making any judgment about distances, that he thought all objects whatever touched his eyes (as he expressed it) as what he felt did his skin ; and thought no objects so agreeable as those which were smooth and regular, though he could form no judgment of their shape, or guess what it was in any object that was pleasing to him.
Página 102 - I plainly saw the naked carcasses of my deceased children hanging upon the limbs of the trees, as the Indians are wont to hang the raw hides of those beasts which they take in hunting.
Página 192 - Where rougher climes a nobler race display — Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product here the barren hills afford But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May ; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.
Página 194 - ... bird. The daughter of the farmer in whose field the tree stood, and with whom I became acquainted, married, and settled in this city about forty years ago.
Página 185 - To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the...