The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and reader), ed. by H. Pitman, 4–6. köideHenry Pitman |
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... thought in his dying moments . But in general we may take it for granted , that thought , being the dominion of the spontaniety over the functions , is the first to perish ; and that death is preceded by a state similar to dreaming , in ...
... thought in his dying moments . But in general we may take it for granted , that thought , being the dominion of the spontaniety over the functions , is the first to perish ; and that death is preceded by a state similar to dreaming , in ...
Page 90
... thoughts wor- thy of being harvested . You have never written ; therefore you are like untried quarries , and unculti ... thought and con- templation , and suggest to an active and inquiring mind countless subjects for consideration ...
... thoughts wor- thy of being harvested . You have never written ; therefore you are like untried quarries , and unculti ... thought and con- templation , and suggest to an active and inquiring mind countless subjects for consideration ...
Page 99
... thought , that there are men and women growing up around us , ministering to our comforts and neces- sities , with whose affections and nature we are as much unac- quainted as if they were the inhabitants of some other sphere . This ...
... thought , that there are men and women growing up around us , ministering to our comforts and neces- sities , with whose affections and nature we are as much unac- quainted as if they were the inhabitants of some other sphere . This ...
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... thought ; but the circumstances and genius of the human race are such , that while there must be many active hands at work , the men of deep thought are compa ratively few . And therefore it has been so ordered , that when the passions ...
... thought ; but the circumstances and genius of the human race are such , that while there must be many active hands at work , the men of deep thought are compa ratively few . And therefore it has been so ordered , that when the passions ...
Page 174
... thought may be traced in the moral world , though it be not so rapid or direct . For in what relates to metaphysics and moral philosophy , those who imagine that they have ability to understand the most complicated questions are more ...
... thought may be traced in the moral world , though it be not so rapid or direct . For in what relates to metaphysics and moral philosophy , those who imagine that they have ability to understand the most complicated questions are more ...
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Page 310 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 309 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth...
Page 219 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men — between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant — is energy, invincible determination, a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 175 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but...
Page 175 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 257 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive...
Page 176 - Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth; Glad hearts, without reproach or blot, Who do thy work and know it not: Oh!
Page 309 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream : And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 1 - But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand.
Page 66 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...