 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 528 Seiten
...the savage of the wood, or in the vassal of the tyrant, hopeless. " Whatever," says Dr. Johnson, " 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 of thinking beings."... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 558 Seiten
...the savage of the wood, or in the vassal of the tyrant, hopeless. " Whatever," says Dr. Johnson, " 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 of thinking beings."... | |
 | 1828 - 924 Seiten
...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...power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1828 - 698 Seiten
...the benefit of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would...power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.... | |
 | 1828 - 546 Seiten
...the benefit of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would...power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.... | |
 | 1828 - 586 Seiten
...from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be fuolish if it wore 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 of thinking beings.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1829 - 146 Seiten
...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. TO abstract the mind from all local emotions would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would...power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate -over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1829 - 428 Seiten
...the benefit of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would...power of our senses — whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1829 - 700 Seiten
...the benefit of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would...power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1829 - 376 Seiten
...the benefit of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would ,be impossible if it were endeavoured^ and would...power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thfhking beings.... | |
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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... 
