| English essays - 1826 - 722 pages
...; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us ia the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified... | |
| Donald MacNicol - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1779 - 392 pages
...and would be foolifh, if it were poffible. Whatever draws us from the power of T 3 our our fenfes; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future...thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Maxims - 1782 - 482 pages
...endeavoured j and would be foolifh if it were poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes, whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and far from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy, as may conduct us indifferent, and unmoved, over any... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1785 - 546 pages
...endeavoured, and would be foolifh, if it were poflible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes, whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future,...thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides - 1785 - 548 pages
...foolifh, if it were poffiblc. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes, whatever makes the part, the diftant, or the future, predominate over the prefent,...thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides - 1786 - 478 pages
...endeavoured, and would be foolifh if it were poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes, whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future,...thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduit us indifferent and unmoved over any ground .which has been dignified... | |
| John Knox - Fisheries - 1787 - 566 pages
...endeavoured, and would be foolifh; if it were poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our V fenfes ; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future...thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, / be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduit us indifferent V and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...endeavoured, and would be foolifh, if it were poflible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes ; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future...thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified... | |
| 1787 - 724 pages
...if it were pollible. Whatever withdraws u» from the power of our fenfej; whatever makes the pall, the diftant, or the future, predominate over the prefent,...advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from us and from our friends be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduel us indifferent and unmoved over any... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 550 pages
...endeavoured, and would be foolifh, if it were poflible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes ; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances us in K k 3 the the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be fuch frigid philofophy... | |
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