 Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.  The Pocket Magazine - Seite 2281829Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1835 - 312 Seiten
...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses: whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present; advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent... | |
 | 1835 - 522 Seiten
...true : ' whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.' Most men of genius and celebrity have been fond of romances in their youth, and the taste... | |
 | 1835 - 272 Seiten
...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 602 Seiten
...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whdtey,e,r makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the, dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from rnjlj friends be such frigid philosophy, as may condf^ct, us. indifferent... | |
 | William Harper - 1836 - 23 Seiten
...science. " Whatever withdraws us from the power of the senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or 'the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." To enjoy the ideas of truth, order, beauty, grandeur and power, inspired by a work of art,... | |
 | Lewis Cass - 1836 - 68 Seiten
...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." And yet, fresh as our country is, we are not entirely without those impressive evidences of... | |
 | 1885 - 1102 Seiten
...it is more a hindrance than a help. Johnson says well : ' Whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.' But what is a Duke of Norfolk or an Earl Warwick, dressed in broadcloth and tweed, and going... | |
 | William C. Dowling - 2008 - 226 Seiten
...": " 'whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings' " (V.334). The theme is ultimately one of spiritual release, and develops from an adjustment... | |
 | Edwin M. Eigner, George J. Worth - 1985 - 268 Seiten
...reads: 'Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings' ('Inch Kenneth'). The concept of 'the distant', so important to Alison, does appear in Johnson's... | |
 | Royal Australian Historical Society - 1925 - 452 Seiten
...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and far from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent... | |
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