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... metaphysical point of view , only a few re- marks will be necessary . The arrangement , which brings the subject forward for discussion in this place , will rec- ommend itself on a very little attention . The prominent appetites are ...
... metaphysical point of view , only a few re- marks will be necessary . The arrangement , which brings the subject forward for discussion in this place , will rec- ommend itself on a very little attention . The prominent appetites are ...
Page 468
... Metaphysical Inquiries ; after which , I shall consider , secondly , the effects of Mathe- matical Studies ; and , thirdly , the effects produced by the Culture of those arts which are addressed to the Im- agination . The considerations ...
... Metaphysical Inquiries ; after which , I shall consider , secondly , the effects of Mathe- matical Studies ; and , thirdly , the effects produced by the Culture of those arts which are addressed to the Im- agination . The considerations ...
Page 470
... metaphysical inquiries concerning them , all our knowledge is derived from materials within ourselves . In like manner , it is from sense that we de- rive our ideas of hardness , softness , figure , and motion ; but when these ideas ...
... metaphysical inquiries concerning them , all our knowledge is derived from materials within ourselves . In like manner , it is from sense that we de- rive our ideas of hardness , softness , figure , and motion ; but when these ideas ...
Page 471
... metaphysical inquiries concerning hardness , softness , fig- ure , and motion , seem , at first to have for their objects external existences , yet they are carried on entirely by the exercise of reflection on our mental operations ...
... metaphysical inquiries concerning hardness , softness , fig- ure , and motion , seem , at first to have for their objects external existences , yet they are carried on entirely by the exercise of reflection on our mental operations ...
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Thomas Cogswell Upham. been made in some of those apparently the most remote from metaphysical pursuits , ( in the science , for example , of Political Economy , ) have been made by men trained to the exercise of their intellectual ...
Thomas Cogswell Upham. been made in some of those apparently the most remote from metaphysical pursuits , ( in the science , for example , of Political Economy , ) have been made by men trained to the exercise of their intellectual ...
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Page 375 - 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.
Page 276 - 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 258 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 52 - 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 278 - The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And like a lobster boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn," The imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety ; it sees all things in one, il piti nelV uno.
Page 88 - Must kings neglect that private men enjoy! And what have kings that privates have not too, Save ceremony— save general ceremony?
Page 289 - There is a principle of reflection in men, by which they distinguish between, approve and disapprove their own actions. We are plainly constituted such sort of creatures as to reflect upon our own nature. The mind can take a view of what passes within itself, its propensions, aversions, passions, affections, as respecting such objects, and in such degrees, and of the several actions consequent thereupon. In this survey it approves of one, disapproves of another, and towards a third is affected in...
Page 478 - So spake the Cherub : and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible : Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely ; saw, and pined His loss ; but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impair'd ; yet seem'd Undaunted. If I must contend...
Page 374 - Waked by thy touch, I see the sister band, On tiptoe watching, start at thy command, And fly where'er thy mandate bids them steer, To Pleasure's path, or Glory's bright career.
Page 233 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...