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... distinct from feelings of moral appro- val and disapproval • 424 ib . • • 425 426 427 399. Proof of the existence of obligatory feelings from consciousness . 400. Further proof from the conduct of men 401. Further proof from language ...
... distinct from feelings of moral appro- val and disapproval • 424 ib . • • 425 426 427 399. Proof of the existence of obligatory feelings from consciousness . 400. Further proof from the conduct of men 401. Further proof from language ...
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... distinct points of view . Accordingly , the lead- ing Divisions in which the Mind presents itself to our notice , are the Understanding or Intellect , the Sensibili- ties , and the Will . The states of mind which are the results of the ...
... distinct points of view . Accordingly , the lead- ing Divisions in which the Mind presents itself to our notice , are the Understanding or Intellect , the Sensibili- ties , and the Will . The states of mind which are the results of the ...
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... distinct on the presence of an external body , is imperfect . Also , if the nerve be injured , or if its conti- nuity be disturbed by the pressure of a tight ligature , the effect is the same ; a circumstance which goes to confirm the ...
... distinct on the presence of an external body , is imperfect . Also , if the nerve be injured , or if its conti- nuity be disturbed by the pressure of a tight ligature , the effect is the same ; a circumstance which goes to confirm the ...
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... distinct conception . " When the parts of a body adhere so firmly that it cannot easily be made to change its figure , we call it hard ; when its parts are easily displaced , we call it soft . This is the notion which all mankind have ...
... distinct conception . " When the parts of a body adhere so firmly that it cannot easily be made to change its figure , we call it hard ; when its parts are easily displaced , we call it soft . This is the notion which all mankind have ...
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... distinct from the hardness it signifies . " But however difficult it may be to attend to this fugi- tive sensation , to stop its rapid progress , and to disjoin it from the external quality of hardness , in whose shadow it is apt ...
... distinct from the hardness it signifies . " But however difficult it may be to attend to this fugi- tive sensation , to stop its rapid progress , and to disjoin it from the external quality of hardness , in whose shadow it is apt ...
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Page 242 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee : I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind; a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 303 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
Page 103 - 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 182 - 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 310 - The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And like a lobster boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn," The imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety ; it sees all things in one, il piti nelV uno.
Page 120 - 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 162 - Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 108 - 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 227 - Invention is one of the great marks of genius ; but if we consult experience we shall find, that it is by being conversant with the inventions of others that we learn to invent, as by reading the thoughts of others we learn to think.