 | Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 436 страници
...impart; Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 610 страници
...true : ' whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.' w Most men of genius and celebrity have been fond of romances in their youth, and the taste has continued... | |
 | Alexander Knox - 1834 - 514 страници
...that " whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." (Journey to the Hebrides, Icolmkill.) Nothing, surely, can be more self-evident ; and this is the identical... | |
 | George Roberts - 1834 - 364 страници
..." whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, — whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings."* Besides, the bulk of every local history is not made up, in the present day, to use the language of... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 608 страници
...true : ' whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.' M Most men of genius and celebrity have been fond of romances in their youth, and the taste has continued... | |
 | 1834 - 536 страници
...possible Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved,... | |
 | 1835 - 454 страници
...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses-— whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 страници
...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 460 страници
...true : " whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings."* Most men of genius and celebrity have been fond of romances in their youth, and the taste has continued... | |
 | 1835 - 312 страници
...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses: whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present; advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved,... | |
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Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. 
