Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text-bookShirley and Hyde, 1828 - 576 pages |
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... practice 315 347 348 No objects sublime of themselves 346 Sublime objects have some ele- ments of beauty Of emotions of grandeur Original or primary sublimity , & c . 349 Considerations in proof of the original sublimity of objects 350 ...
... practice 315 347 348 No objects sublime of themselves 346 Sublime objects have some ele- ments of beauty Of emotions of grandeur Original or primary sublimity , & c . 349 Considerations in proof of the original sublimity of objects 350 ...
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... practice of that religion , which brings peace and hope . When we take these things into view , and when we fur- ther recollect the frequency of characteristic , if not orig- inal differences in intellectual power and inclination , no ...
... practice of that religion , which brings peace and hope . When we take these things into view , and when we fur- ther recollect the frequency of characteristic , if not orig- inal differences in intellectual power and inclination , no ...
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... practice of oratory . We sometimes hear the science of the mind designated as the philosophy of hu- man nature , and nothing certainly is more common than the remark , that a knowledge of human nature is essen- tial to the orator . With ...
... practice of oratory . We sometimes hear the science of the mind designated as the philosophy of hu- man nature , and nothing certainly is more common than the remark , that a knowledge of human nature is essen- tial to the orator . With ...
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... practice , however some may affect to deny them with their lips ; and they are as plain and incontrovertible at their very first enunciation , as any discoveries in physics , or any demon- strations in geometry . We call them PRIMARY ...
... practice , however some may affect to deny them with their lips ; and they are as plain and incontrovertible at their very first enunciation , as any discoveries in physics , or any demon- strations in geometry . We call them PRIMARY ...
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... practice of drawing such sketches , can trace the outlines of the hu- man form with very great ease ; it requires hardly more effort from them than to write their names . - This point may also be illustrated by the difference , which we ...
... practice of drawing such sketches , can trace the outlines of the hu- man form with very great ease ; it requires hardly more effort from them than to write their names . - This point may also be illustrated by the difference , which we ...
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Page 436 - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Page 381 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 229 - ... 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, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 502 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee : I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind; a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 229 - 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...
Page 81 - 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.
Page 19 - ... 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 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.
Page 81 - ... the perception of the operations of our own mind within us, as it is employed about the ideas it has got; which operations when the soul comes to reflect on and consider, do furnish the understanding with another set of ideas which could not be had from things without; and such are perception, thinking, doubting, believing, reasoning, knowing, willing, and all the different actings of our own minds...
Page 19 - 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.
Page 493 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.