Table Talk: Or, Original Essays on Men and Manners, Volumen1H. Colburn, 1824 - 401 páginas |
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... tion , that one cannot deny but that he that did this , might do that , and very probably did so ; and thus one may ascend and descend , like the angels on Jacob's ladder , whose foot was upon the earth , but its top reached to Heaven ...
... tion , that one cannot deny but that he that did this , might do that , and very probably did so ; and thus one may ascend and descend , like the angels on Jacob's ladder , whose foot was upon the earth , but its top reached to Heaven ...
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... tion with certain sentiments of approbation or regret , but without the importunity of action , the irritation of the will , throwing the whole weight of passion and prejudice into one scale , and leaving the other quite empty . While ...
... tion with certain sentiments of approbation or regret , but without the importunity of action , the irritation of the will , throwing the whole weight of passion and prejudice into one scale , and leaving the other quite empty . While ...
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... to some difficult ques- tion and making progress in it , every step ac- companied with a sense of power , and every moment conscious of " the high endeavour or the glad success ; " for the mind seizes only ON THE PAST AND FUTURE . 59.
... to some difficult ques- tion and making progress in it , every step ac- companied with a sense of power , and every moment conscious of " the high endeavour or the glad success ; " for the mind seizes only ON THE PAST AND FUTURE . 59.
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... tion , nothing relating to it may be lost upon him , and yet yet he may be able to give no account of the manner in which it affects him , or to drag his reasons from their silent lurking - places . This last will be a wise man , though ...
... tion , nothing relating to it may be lost upon him , and yet yet he may be able to give no account of the manner in which it affects him , or to drag his reasons from their silent lurking - places . This last will be a wise man , though ...
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... tion and its sensibility . " All theories which attempt to direct or to control the Art , upon any 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 ...
... tion and its sensibility . " All theories which attempt to direct or to control the Art , upon any 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 ...
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