Elements of the Philosophy of the Human MindT. Cadell, jun. and W. Davis, 1802 - 587 Seiten |
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... Doctrine stated in the pre- ceding Section , 302 1. Of Wit , . ibid . 2. Of Rhyme , 307 313 318 3. Of Poetical Fancy , 4. Of Invention in the Arts and Sciences , V. - Application of the Principles ftated in the fore- going Sections of ...
... Doctrine stated in the pre- ceding Section , 302 1. Of Wit , . ibid . 2. Of Rhyme , 307 313 318 3. Of Poetical Fancy , 4. Of Invention in the Arts and Sciences , V. - Application of the Principles ftated in the fore- going Sections of ...
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... doctrine of the prefervation and improvement of the dif- ferent fenfes . 2. The history of the power and influence of imagination . 3. The history of the several species of enthufiafm . 4. The history of the various circumstances in ...
... doctrine of the prefervation and improvement of the dif- ferent fenfes . 2. The history of the power and influence of imagination . 3. The history of the several species of enthufiafm . 4. The history of the various circumstances in ...
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... doctrine of phyfiognomy and of outward gesture . 9. The hiftory of the power and laws of the principle of imi tation . To this lift various other fubjects might be added ; particularly , the hiftory of the laws of memory , in fo far as ...
... doctrine of phyfiognomy and of outward gesture . 9. The hiftory of the power and laws of the principle of imi tation . To this lift various other fubjects might be added ; particularly , the hiftory of the laws of memory , in fo far as ...
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... doctrine on the fubject throws no light whatever , on what was generally understood to be the great object of inquiry ; I mean , on the mode of communication between the mind and the material world : and , in truth , amounts only to a ...
... doctrine on the fubject throws no light whatever , on what was generally understood to be the great object of inquiry ; I mean , on the mode of communication between the mind and the material world : and , in truth , amounts only to a ...
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... doctrines of chemistry , cannot fail to be known to most of my readers . The foregoing remarks , in fo far as they relate to the poffibility of affifting our reasoning and inventive powers , by new inftrumental aids , may perhaps ap ...
... doctrines of chemistry , cannot fail to be known to most of my readers . The foregoing remarks , in fo far as they relate to the poffibility of affifting our reasoning and inventive powers , by new inftrumental aids , may perhaps ap ...
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Seite 228 - These forms are adapted to ordinary occasions; and therefore persons who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension of things, is requisite than ever office gave, or than office can ever give.
Seite 366 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Seite 325 - ... are produced with any constancy or any certainty, for this is not the nature of chance; but the rules by which men of extraordinary parts, and such as are called men of Genius work, are either such as they discover by their own peculiar observations...
Seite 509 - In thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood : he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice : his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Seite 227 - 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.
Seite 289 - 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! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part. As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns.
Seite 481 - Bear me, Pomona ! to thy citron groves ; To where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend.
Seite 378 - ... them. As Greece and Rome are the fountains from whence have flowed all kinds of excellence, to that veneration which they have a right to claim for the...
Seite 134 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Seite 292 - Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow ; — How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring...