| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 302 trang
...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. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 trang
...endeavoured, and would be foolifh, if it were poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our (enfes ; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future...of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends befuch frigid philofophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been... | |
| Donald Campbell - 1801 - 374 trang
...of our senses—whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and uumoved over any ground which has been dignified... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 trang
...if it were poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes ; whatever makes the part, the diftant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances us in the 396 A JOURNEY TO THE the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends befuch frigid... | |
| Henry Kett - 1803 - 468 trang
...endeavoured ; and would be fboliih, if it were poflible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes, whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future, predominate over the prefent, advances us to the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy, as... | |
| 1805 - 436 trang
...repeated to him from one of his mod fublime paffages, thefe words: " Whatever makes the part, the didant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." " Yes, Sir, and the converfe of the proportion is equally true. In all the tranfa&ions of which you... | |
| Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 trang
...senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us to the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground, which has been... | |
| Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 trang
...•whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us to the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground, which has been... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 trang
...whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in tie dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 496 trang
...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. Far from me, and from my friends, be such 'frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified... | |
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