Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volumen2John Grigg, 1824 |
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... kind : but , even when they are most exquisite , it requires that , without any obtrusive appearance of labour , they should seem to have risen , as it were , spontaneously , and to have been only the perfection of the natural order of ...
... kind : but , even when they are most exquisite , it requires that , without any obtrusive appearance of labour , they should seem to have risen , as it were , spontaneously , and to have been only the perfection of the natural order of ...
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... kind . These are the diversities of what is called temper , or disposition . It is thus we speak of one person of a gloomy , and of another of a cheerful disposition ; and we avoid the one , and seek the com- pany of the other , as if ...
... kind . These are the diversities of what is called temper , or disposition . It is thus we speak of one person of a gloomy , and of another of a cheerful disposition ; and we avoid the one , and seek the com- pany of the other , as if ...
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... kind must influence the trains of thought still more ; -the meditations of every day rendering stronger the habitual connexions of such thoughts as accord with the peculiar frame of mind . It is in this way that every passion , which ...
... kind must influence the trains of thought still more ; -the meditations of every day rendering stronger the habitual connexions of such thoughts as accord with the peculiar frame of mind . It is in this way that every passion , which ...
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... kind with that , which took place , as often as the cottage itself was a real object of his sight . It is by a similar operation , that the superstitious , in twi- light , incorporate their fears with the objects which they dimly ...
... kind with that , which took place , as often as the cottage itself was a real object of his sight . It is by a similar operation , that the superstitious , in twi- light , incorporate their fears with the objects which they dimly ...
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... kind , might perhaps have excited a panic of terror , as it then excited , what , in relation to the rug- ged sternness of a ship's company ; might almost be consider- ed as a sort of panic of tender emotion . I have already instanced ...
... kind , might perhaps have excited a panic of terror , as it then excited , what , in relation to the rug- ged sternness of a ship's company ; might almost be consider- ed as a sort of panic of tender emotion . I have already instanced ...
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affections alliteration analogy arise Aristotle assertors asso association association of ideas catachresis Cicero circum circumstances coexistence colour common complex conceive conception consequence considered constitutes continued degree delight desire diffusion distinct emotion of beauty enthymeme equally excite exist express external eyes feeling of relation felt genius gestion give greater number happiness ideas images imagination influence intellectual jects kind lative laws of suggestion least Lecture less manner mental merely mind mingled moral nature neral Nominalists notion objects original particular passion peculiar perceive perception perhaps Pharsalia phenomena philosophers pleasure present primary perception principle produce proposition proximity quadruped reason relative suggestion remarks remembrance resemblance rieties rise scarcely scene secondary laws seems sensation similar simile single sort speak species spects sublime succession sugges supposed susceptibility syllogism tendency term thing tion trains of thought truly truth variety various virtue vivid whole words
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Página 45 - 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 and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue.
Página 252 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Página 46 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 257 - In truth he was a strange and wayward wight, Fond of each gentle, and each dreadful scene, In darkness, and in storm, he found delight : Nor less, than when on ocean-wave serene The southern Sun diffused his dazzling shene.
Página 165 - He draws, for instance, a black line of an inch in length, this which in itself is a particular line is nevertheless with regard to its signification general, since, as it is there used, it represents all particular lines whatsoever ; so that what is demonstrated of it is demonstrated of all lines, or, in other words, of a line in general. And as that particular line becomes general by being made a sign, so the name line, which taken absolutely is particular, by being a sign is made general.
Página 10 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn ; Kind nature the embryo blossom will save.
Página 56 - SEE the wild waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad sepulchre appears ! With nodding arches, broken temples spread, The very tombs now vanish'd like their dead!
Página 367 - They are ultimately founded upon experience of what, in particular instances, our moral faculties, our natural sense of merit and propriety, approve, or disapprove of. We do not originally approve or condemn particular actions; because, upon examination, they appear to be agreeable or inconsistent with a certain general rule. The general rule, on the contrary, is formed, by finding from experience, that all actions of a certain kind, or circumstanced in a certain manner, are approved or disapproved...
Página 35 - Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.
Página 230 - For home he had not: home is the resort Of love, of joy, of peace, and plenty, where, Supporting and supported, polish'd friends And dear relations mingle into bliss.