Elements of CriticismCollins and Hannay, 1830 - 476 Seiten |
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... mind ; and yet , because in tasting , touching , and smelling , we are sensible of the impres- sion made upon the organ , we are led to place there also the pleasant or painful feeling caused by that impression ; but , with respect to ...
... mind ; and yet , because in tasting , touching , and smelling , we are sensible of the impres- sion made upon the organ , we are led to place there also the pleasant or painful feeling caused by that impression ; but , with respect to ...
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... mind , nothing can be more happily contrived than the exhilara- ting pleasures of the eye and ear . On the other hand , any in- tense exercise of intellectual powers becomes painful by over- straining the mind : cessation from such ...
... mind , nothing can be more happily contrived than the exhilara- ting pleasures of the eye and ear . On the other hand , any in- tense exercise of intellectual powers becomes painful by over- straining the mind : cessation from such ...
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... mind to the most enticing sort of logic : the practice of reasoning upon subjects so agreeable , tends to a habit ; and a habit , strengthening the reasoning facul- ties , prepares the mind for entering into subjects more intricate and ...
... mind to the most enticing sort of logic : the practice of reasoning upon subjects so agreeable , tends to a habit ; and a habit , strengthening the reasoning facul- ties , prepares the mind for entering into subjects more intricate and ...
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... mind extends its view to a son more readily than to a servant ; and more readily to a neighbour than to one living at a distance . This order , as observed , may be varied by will , but still within the limits of related objects ; for ...
... mind extends its view to a son more readily than to a servant ; and more readily to a neighbour than to one living at a distance . This order , as observed , may be varied by will , but still within the limits of related objects ; for ...
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... mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on the train ; nor can he at will add any idea to the train . * At the same time , we learn from daily experience , that the train of our thoughts is not regulated by chance ; and if ...
... mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on the train ; nor can he at will add any idea to the train . * At the same time , we learn from daily experience , that the train of our thoughts is not regulated by chance ; and if ...
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Seite 42 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Seite 290 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Seite 384 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Seite 131 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Seite 76 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake ! His coward lips did from their colour...
Seite 381 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Seite 313 - Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Seite 350 - And now go to ; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briars and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Seite 369 - HUNG be the heavens with black , yield day to night! Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky ; And with them scourge the bad revolting stars, That have consented unto Henry's death ! Henry the fifth, too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth.
Seite 332 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!