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... feelings evapo- rate in so large a space - we must draw the circle of our affections and duties somewhat closer - the heart hovers and fixes nearer home . It is true , the bands of private , or of local and natural affection , are often ...
... feelings evapo- rate in so large a space - we must draw the circle of our affections and duties somewhat closer - the heart hovers and fixes nearer home . It is true , the bands of private , or of local and natural affection , are often ...
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... feelings of mankind , it admits of none ! Mr. Bentham , in adjusting the provisions of a penal code , lays too little stress on the co - operation of the natural prejudices of mankind , and the habitual feelings of that class of persons ...
... feelings of mankind , it admits of none ! Mr. Bentham , in adjusting the provisions of a penal code , lays too little stress on the co - operation of the natural prejudices of mankind , and the habitual feelings of that class of persons ...
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... feelings too entirely on one subject and pursuit , and has not “ looked enough abroad into universality . " 1 Afterward Lord Colchester . 2 Bacon's Advancement of Learning . WILLIAM GODWIN . THE WILLIAM GODWIN . " HE Spirit 20 The ...
... feelings too entirely on one subject and pursuit , and has not “ looked enough abroad into universality . " 1 Afterward Lord Colchester . 2 Bacon's Advancement of Learning . WILLIAM GODWIN . THE WILLIAM GODWIN . " HE Spirit 20 The ...
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... feeling nor the least show of reason in it ? Is the Modern Philosophy ( as it has been called ) at one moment a youthful bride and the next a withered beldame , like the false Duessa in Spenser ? Or is the vaunted edifice of Reason ...
... feeling nor the least show of reason in it ? Is the Modern Philosophy ( as it has been called ) at one moment a youthful bride and the next a withered beldame , like the false Duessa in Spenser ? Or is the vaunted edifice of Reason ...
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... feeling , than afterwards , when it was warpęd and debased by the example , the vices , and follies of the world ? The fault , then , of Mr. Godwin's philosophy , in one word , was too much ambition-- " by that sin fell the angels ...
... feeling , than afterwards , when it was warpęd and debased by the example , the vices , and follies of the world ? The fault , then , of Mr. Godwin's philosophy , in one word , was too much ambition-- " by that sin fell the angels ...
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Page 307 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 226 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Page 114 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 247 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 226 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
Page 46 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.