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The Spectator, Volume 7

1718 - 360 pages
...obfervedi that Men fometimes, ufon the Hour of their Departure, do fpeak and reafon above themfelvn ; for then the Soul beginning to be freed from the Ligaments of the Body, begins to reafon like her felf, and to difcourfe in a Jlrain above Mortality. WE may likewife obferve in the...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 314 pages
...observed, that men sometimes upon the hour of their departure, do speak and reason above themselves ; for then the soul, beginning to be freed from the...herself, and to discourse in a strain above mortality.' • By xis T. Brown, MD and inflamed, when it rises in the soul at a time that the body is thus laid...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...observed that men sometimes, upon the hour of their departure, do speak and reason above themselves; 2 for then the soul, beginning to be freed from the...greater strength when we are asleep, than when we are awake. Joy and sorrow give us more vigorous sensations , of pain or pleasure at this time than any...
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The British Essayists, Volume 13

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 342 pages
...the hour of their departure, do speak and reason above themselves; for then the soul, beginning to te freed from the ligaments of the body, begins to reason...greater strength when we are asleep than when we are awake. Joy and sorrow give us more vigorous sensations of pain or pleasure at this time than any other....
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 310 pages
...observed that men sometimes, upon the hour of their departure, do speak and reason above themselves; for then the soul, beginning to be freed from the...likewise observe, in the third place, that the passions aftect the mind with greater strength when we are asleep than when we are awake. Joy and sorrow give...
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The Spectator in miniature: being a collection of the principle ..., Volume 1

Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...hegins to reason like herself, and to dUcourse in a strain ahove mortality.*' We may likewise ohserve, in the third place, that the passions affect the mind...greater strength when we are asleep, than when we are awake. Joy sod sorrow give us more vigorous sensations of pain or pleasure at this time, tli.ui at...
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The Theory of Dreams: In which an Inquiry is Made Into the Powers ..., Volume 2

Robert Gray - 1808 - 170 pages
...departure, do speak and reason above themselves ; for then the soul, about to be freed from the ligament of the body, begins to reason like herself, and to discourse in a strain above mortality -f-." This, however, is nothing but the elation of the mind, to whichearthly things begin to fade,...
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The Theory of Dreams: In which an Inquiry is Made Into the Powers and ...

Robert Gray - 1808 - 362 pages
...departure, do speak and reason above themselves; for then the soul, about to be freed from the ligament of the body, begins to reason like herself, and to discourse in a strain above mortality -f-." This, however, ia nothing but the elation of the mind, to which earthly things begin to fade,...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 318 pages
...in a strain above mortality.' We may likewise observe, in the third place, that the passions afiect the mind with greater strength when we are asleep than when we are awake. Joy and sorrow give us more vigorous sensations of pain or pleasure at this time than any other....
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The Spectator, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 314 pages
...observed that men sometimes, upon the hour of their departure, do speak and reason above themselves ; for then the soul, beginning to be freed from the...greater strength when we are asleep than when we are awake. Joy and sorrow give us more vigorous sensations of pain or pleasure at this time thau any other....
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