| Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1799 - 434 trang
...repeated to him from one of his moft fublime paf%es, thefe words : " Whatever makes the palt, the diftant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." " Yes, Sir, and the converfe of the propofition is equally true. In all the tranfactions of which you... | |
| 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
...poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our (enfes ; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances...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
...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 philofophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been... | |
| Henry Kett - 1803 - 468 trang
...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 may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground, which has been dignified by wifdom, bravery,... | |
| 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... | |
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