Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text BookJ. Griffin, 1826 - 200 páginas |
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... common life . This pe- culiarity in the operations of the memory is not unfrequent- ly found among men of letters , especially if they possess a vivid imagination . But it must be considered a mental de- fect ; one , which it is not ...
... common life . This pe- culiarity in the operations of the memory is not unfrequent- ly found among men of letters , especially if they possess a vivid imagination . But it must be considered a mental de- fect ; one , which it is not ...
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... common with many others , viz . That it is the gratification of a very reasonable curiosity . The botanist examines the seed of a plant , and its mode of ger- mination , the root and the qualities by which it is fitted to act as an ...
... common with many others , viz . That it is the gratification of a very reasonable curiosity . The botanist examines the seed of a plant , and its mode of ger- mination , the root and the qualities by which it is fitted to act as an ...
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... common- wealth ; and above all should those under their care be trained up in the understanding and practice of that reli- gion , which brings peace and hope . No one certainly can be considered properly qualified for this great ...
... common- wealth ; and above all should those under their care be trained up in the understanding and practice of that reli- gion , which brings peace and hope . No one certainly can be considered properly qualified for this great ...
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... common use indiscriminately applied to the mind , although some of them not exclusive . ly so ; and when thus applied , appear to be used as synony- mous , and as signifying merely a state or position of the thinking principle . It ...
... common use indiscriminately applied to the mind , although some of them not exclusive . ly so ; and when thus applied , appear to be used as synony- mous , and as signifying merely a state or position of the thinking principle . It ...
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... common , that having never had occasion to move their eyes , they knew not how to do it , and , at first , could not at all direct them to a particular object ; but in time they acquired that faculty , though by slow degrees . Blind ...
... common , that having never had occasion to move their eyes , they knew not how to do it , and , at first , could not at all direct them to a particular object ; but in time they acquired that faculty , though by slow degrees . Blind ...
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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...