The Elements of Intellectual PhilosophySheldon & Company, 1854 - 426 oldal |
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... definite to be used figuratively , and we must , therefore , accept this explanation of the phenomena as a statement of the belief of our illustrious author . This belief , however , was by no means peculiar to him . It was a common ...
... definite to be used figuratively , and we must , therefore , accept this explanation of the phenomena as a statement of the belief of our illustrious author . This belief , however , was by no means peculiar to him . It was a common ...
44. oldal
... . Some few young gentlemen in every class have assured me that they had as definite a conception of a smell as they had of a color or a form . The greater part , however , have agreed with me that they 44 INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY .
... . Some few young gentlemen in every class have assured me that they had as definite a conception of a smell as they had of a color or a form . The greater part , however , have agreed with me that they 44 INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY .
48. oldal
... definite knowledge ; it can be nothing but what we feel it to be . Of the cause we are , as in the sense of smell , wholly ignorant . The number of sensations derived from taste is , I think , much greater than that derived from smell ...
... definite knowledge ; it can be nothing but what we feel it to be . Of the cause we are , as in the sense of smell , wholly ignorant . The number of sensations derived from taste is , I think , much greater than that derived from smell ...
53. oldal
... already considered , in many particulars . Some of these are worthy of attention . The sensation of hearing is much more definite , varied . and intensely pleasing , than that derived from either of 5 * THE INDIVIDUAL SENSES . 53.
... already considered , in many particulars . Some of these are worthy of attention . The sensation of hearing is much more definite , varied . and intensely pleasing , than that derived from either of 5 * THE INDIVIDUAL SENSES . 53.
54. oldal
... definite conceptions . Smell and taste possess this power , if at all , in a very lim- ited degree . By no power of language can we convey to another the knowledge which they give us . The sense of hearing enables us to proceed much ...
... definite conceptions . Smell and taste possess this power , if at all , in a very lim- ited degree . By no power of language can we convey to another the knowledge which they give us . The sense of hearing enables us to proceed much ...
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209. oldal - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge., and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were 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...
252. oldal - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
400. oldal - Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime. As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
368. oldal - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have...
208. oldal - And in sweet madness robbed it of itself, But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.
401. oldal - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
118. oldal - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
406. oldal - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
368. oldal - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
43. oldal - Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...