Elements of Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Two Departments of the Intellect and the Sensibilities, Volume 1W. Hyde, 1839 - Intellect |
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... whole mental history , a dilatory and late appearance . But that same Providence has given a place as well as a time , an occa- sion as well as a period of its formation ; and although it may be impossible for us ever to ascertain that ...
... whole mental history , a dilatory and late appearance . But that same Providence has given a place as well as a time , an occa- sion as well as a period of its formation ; and although it may be impossible for us ever to ascertain that ...
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... whole bodily sys- tem repeatedly undergoes , in the course of the ordinary term of man's life , a complete renovation , and yet we pos- sess , during the whole of this period , and amid these utter changes of the bodily part , a ...
... whole bodily sys- tem repeatedly undergoes , in the course of the ordinary term of man's life , a complete renovation , and yet we pos- sess , during the whole of this period , and amid these utter changes of the bodily part , a ...
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... whole of this evidence , I am dis- posed to conclude , that as no part of the brain appears es- sentially necessary to the existence of the intellectual facul- ties , and as the whole of its visible structure has been mate- rially ...
... whole of this evidence , I am dis- posed to conclude , that as no part of the brain appears es- sentially necessary to the existence of the intellectual facul- ties , and as the whole of its visible structure has been mate- rially ...
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... whole of the early part of our existence , is so distinct , strong , and operative , that men have given to it a specific name , in order to distinguish it from the more chas- tened credence of riper years . We speak of the caution and ...
... whole of the early part of our existence , is so distinct , strong , and operative , that men have given to it a specific name , in order to distinguish it from the more chas- tened credence of riper years . We speak of the caution and ...
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... whole or part , attribute or subject , & c . These new feelings , as well as the direct perceptions of the objects , to which they relate , are occasions of belief . We not only believe the existence of the feelings themselves , but ...
... whole or part , attribute or subject , & c . These new feelings , as well as the direct perceptions of the objects , to which they relate , are occasions of belief . We not only believe the existence of the feelings themselves , but ...
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Page 287 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 162 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Page 197 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 72 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 413 - The sooty films that play upon the bars Pendulous, and foreboding in the view Of superstition prophesying still Though still deceived, some stranger's near approach.
Page 327 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 220 - Secondly, the other fountain from which experience furnisheth the understanding with ideas, is the perception * of the operations of our own minds within us, as it is employed about the ideas it has got; which operations, when the soul comes to reflect on and consider, do furnish the understanding with another set of ideas, which could not be had from things without...
Page 202 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots...
Page 220 - This source of ideas every man has wholly in himself; and though it be not sense, as having nothing to do with external objects, yet it is very like it, and might properly enough be called internal sense...
Page 323 - So she went into the garden, to cut a cabbage-leaf to make an apple-pie ; and at the same time a great she-bear coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. What, no soap?