The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... says Locke , who has forcibly and concisely expressed their common sentiments , " He that takes away Reason to make way for Revelation puts out the light of both , and does much the same as if we would persuade a man to put out his eyes ...
... says Locke , who has forcibly and concisely expressed their common sentiments , " He that takes away Reason to make way for Revelation puts out the light of both , and does much the same as if we would persuade a man to put out his eyes ...
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... says , " I study myself more than any other subject : This is my metaphysic ; this my natural philosophy . " A per- son well acquainted with the peculiarities of Montaigne's memory , might , I think , on comparing them with the general ...
... says , " I study myself more than any other subject : This is my metaphysic ; this my natural philosophy . " A per- son well acquainted with the peculiarities of Montaigne's memory , might , I think , on comparing them with the general ...
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... says he " a stupid delusion , when men imagine themselves present and enjoying that fame at the reading of their story after death . " Mr. Smith , too , in his Theory of Moral Sentiments , seems to think that the desire of a posthumous ...
... says he " a stupid delusion , when men imagine themselves present and enjoying that fame at the reading of their story after death . " Mr. Smith , too , in his Theory of Moral Sentiments , seems to think that the desire of a posthumous ...
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... says Addison , " in calling any thing one's own . A freehold , though it be but in ice and snow , will make the owner pleased in the possession , and stout in the defence of it . " Avarice is a particular modification of the desire of ...
... says Addison , " in calling any thing one's own . A freehold , though it be but in ice and snow , will make the owner pleased in the possession , and stout in the defence of it . " Avarice is a particular modification of the desire of ...
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... says he , " feels uneasi- ness at seeing another outstrip him . This is uncorrup- ted nature , and the work of God within him . But this uneasiness may produce either of two very different effects . It may incite him to make more ...
... says he , " feels uneasi- ness at seeing another outstrip him . This is uncorrup- ted nature , and the work of God within him . But this uneasiness may produce either of two very different effects . It may incite him to make more ...
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Seite 251 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Seite 343 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Seite 95 - Search then the ruling passion : there, alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known ; The fool consistent, and the false sincere ; Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
Seite 224 - fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
Seite 191 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Seite 191 - Is aught so fair In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper or the Morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous Friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Seite 504 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Seite 76 - ... appeareth more probability that the same may happen to us ; for the evil that happeneth to an innocent man may happen to every man.
Seite 47 - Tis not enough, your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
Seite 68 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.