The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 5T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... mind , when they are disengaged from the body . The soul is clogged and retarded in her operations , when she acts in conjunction with a companion that is so heavy and unwieldy in its motions . But in dreams it is wonderful to observe ...
... mind , when they are disengaged from the body . The soul is clogged and retarded in her operations , when she acts in conjunction with a companion that is so heavy and unwieldy in its motions . But in dreams it is wonderful to observe ...
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... mind with greater strength when we are asleep , than when we are awake . Joy and sorrow give us more vigorous sensations of pain or plea- sure at this time , than any other . Devotion likewise , as the excellent author above - mentioned ...
... mind with greater strength when we are asleep , than when we are awake . Joy and sorrow give us more vigorous sensations of pain or plea- sure at this time , than any other . Devotion likewise , as the excellent author above - mentioned ...
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... mind of a saying which I am infinitely pleased with , and which Plutarch as- cribes to Heraclitus , That all men , whilst they are awake , are in one common world ; but that each of them , when he is asleep , is in a world of his own ...
... mind of a saying which I am infinitely pleased with , and which Plutarch as- cribes to Heraclitus , That all men , whilst they are awake , are in one common world ; but that each of them , when he is asleep , is in a world of his own ...
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... mind more play . The soul seems gathered within herself , and recovers that spring which is broke and weakened , when she operates more in concert with the body . The speculations I have here made , if they are not arguments , they are ...
... mind more play . The soul seems gathered within herself , and recovers that spring which is broke and weakened , when she operates more in concert with the body . The speculations I have here made , if they are not arguments , they are ...
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... mind . The saint was of a sorrowful countenance , and gene- rally eaten up with spleen and melancholy . A gentle- man , who was lately a great ornament to the learned world , has diverted me more than once with an account of the ...
... mind . The saint was of a sorrowful countenance , and gene- rally eaten up with spleen and melancholy . A gentle- man , who was lately a great ornament to the learned world , has diverted me more than once with an account of the ...
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Page 159 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 124 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 364 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not, It ought not to be sported with.
Page 11 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 46 - ... lady whom he had made love to the forty last years of his life ; but this only proved a lightning before death. He has bequeathed to this lady, as a token of his love, a great...
Page 13 - My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Page 121 - I considered that infinite host of stars, or, to speak more philosophically, of suns which were then shining upon me, with those innumerable sets of planets or worlds which were moving round their respective suns; when I still enlarged the idea, and supposed another heaven of suns and worlds rising still above this which we discovered, and these still enlightened...
Page 251 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Page 44 - O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, I see my Maker face to face ; O how shall I appear ! 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, And mercy may be sought, My heart with inward horror shrinks, And trembles at the thought: 3...
Page 251 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?