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... continued . By the SCHOOLS , then , are to be understood the European literary and theological institutions , as they were constitu- ted and regulated from about the middle of the twelfth century to the period of the Protestant ...
... continued . By the SCHOOLS , then , are to be understood the European literary and theological institutions , as they were constitu- ted and regulated from about the middle of the twelfth century to the period of the Protestant ...
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... continued and unbroken fixedness of attention . Such an effort is painful to many , and perhaps this is one cause of the unfavourable reception , which this department of knowledge has often met with . But the ad- vantages attending it ...
... continued and unbroken fixedness of attention . Such an effort is painful to many , and perhaps this is one cause of the unfavourable reception , which this department of knowledge has often met with . But the ad- vantages attending it ...
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... continued about eight minutes . I grew at length more calm , and being extreme- ly exhausted , fell into a restless sleep , which lasted about half an hour . The physician ascribed the apparition to a violent mental emotion , and hoped ...
... continued about eight minutes . I grew at length more calm , and being extreme- ly exhausted , fell into a restless sleep , which lasted about half an hour . The physician ascribed the apparition to a violent mental emotion , and hoped ...
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... continued to visit me , the more fre- quently did they return , while , at the same time , they in- creased in number about four weeks after they had first ap- peared . I also began to hear them talk ; these phantoms sometimes conversed ...
... continued to visit me , the more fre- quently did they return , while , at the same time , they in- creased in number about four weeks after they had first ap- peared . I also began to hear them talk ; these phantoms sometimes conversed ...
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... continued co - existence of those separate parts , which make up this complex state , the recurrence to the mind of one part or of one idea is necessarily attended with the recurrence of all the others . They sustain the re- lation of ...
... continued co - existence of those separate parts , which make up this complex state , the recurrence to the mind of one part or of one idea is necessarily attended with the recurrence of all the others . They sustain the re- lation of ...
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Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book Thomas Cogswell Upham Visualização completa - 1828 |
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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...