Table Talk: Or, Original Essays on Men and Manners, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1824 - 401 pages |
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Page 53
... principle in the human mind , the principle of action or will ; and of this the past has no hold , the future en- grosses it entirely to itself . It is this strong lever of the affections that gives so powerful a bias to our sentiments ...
... principle in the human mind , the principle of action or will ; and of this the past has no hold , the future en- grosses it entirely to itself . It is this strong lever of the affections that gives so powerful a bias to our sentiments ...
Page 63
... principle of excessive irrita- bility to be seen at work in our more turbulent passions and pursuits , but even in the formal study of arts and sciences , the same thing takes place , and undermines the repose and happiness of life ...
... principle of excessive irrita- bility to be seen at work in our more turbulent passions and pursuits , but even in the formal study of arts and sciences , the same thing takes place , and undermines the repose and happiness of life ...
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... principle exercised on loftier ground and in more unusual combinations . I am glad to shelter myself from the charge of affectation or singularity in this view of an often debated but ill - understood point , by quoting a passage from ...
... principle exercised on loftier ground and in more unusual combinations . I am glad to shelter myself from the charge of affectation or singularity in this view of an often debated but ill - understood point , by quoting a passage from ...
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... principles falsely called rational , which we form to ourselves upon a supposition of what ought in reason to be the end or means of Art , independent of the known first effect produced by objects on the imagina- tion , must be false ...
... principles falsely called rational , which we form to ourselves upon a supposition of what ought in reason to be the end or means of Art , independent of the known first effect produced by objects on the imagina- tion , must be false ...
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... principle , even of small and minute parts , involved in , or dependent on , a great system of things : -though these in pro- cess of time are forgotten , the right impression still remains fixed in his mind . " This impression is the ...
... principle , even of small and minute parts , involved in , or dependent on , a great system of things : -though these in pro- cess of time are forgotten , the right impression still remains fixed in his mind . " This impression is the ...
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