Elements of Moral Science, Svazek 1T. Cadell, 1790 - Počet stran: 688 |
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Strana 46
... depend- ence on time , with respect to their truth or falfehood . That God is good , that two and two are four , and that malevolence is not to be commended , always was , will , and must be , true . For expreffing thefe , and the like ...
... depend- ence on time , with respect to their truth or falfehood . That God is good , that two and two are four , and that malevolence is not to be commended , always was , will , and must be , true . For expreffing thefe , and the like ...
Strana 58
... depends , is al- ways a thing , and never a perfon . The nature of this fort of verb is well enough explained in the common grammars . 85. OF ADVERBS . It is the nature of the adverb , as the name imports , to give fome additional ...
... depends , is al- ways a thing , and never a perfon . The nature of this fort of verb is well enough explained in the common grammars . 85. OF ADVERBS . It is the nature of the adverb , as the name imports , to give fome additional ...
Strana 94
... depends partly upon that which went before , and partly ferves to introduce that which fol- lows . Hence we remember beft those things whofe parts are methodically difpo- fed , fed , and mutually connected . A regular discourse makes 94 ...
... depends partly upon that which went before , and partly ferves to introduce that which fol- lows . Hence we remember beft those things whofe parts are methodically difpo- fed , fed , and mutually connected . A regular discourse makes 94 ...
Strana 111
... depend . An indifferent thing may become very agree- able , or very much the contrary , according to the nature of the ideas thus connected with it ; and , in like manner , in confe- quence of fome perverfe affociation , that which ...
... depend . An indifferent thing may become very agree- able , or very much the contrary , according to the nature of the ideas thus connected with it ; and , in like manner , in confe- quence of fome perverfe affociation , that which ...
Strana 124
... depend so much on the state of our mind and body . The foul in herself seems to poffefs vivacity fufficient to account for all the odd appearances that occur in fleep . For even when we are awake , and in health , very strange thoughts ...
... depend so much on the state of our mind and body . The foul in herself seems to poffefs vivacity fufficient to account for all the odd appearances that occur in fleep . For even when we are awake , and in health , very strange thoughts ...
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affirm againſt agreeable alfo alſo amuſement anger animals appear beauty becauſe body cafe called caufe cauſe circumſtances colour confequently confiderable conftitution defire diſtinguiſh eafily effential Engliſh eſteem evil exerciſe exiſtence expreffion exprefs faculties faid fame feems feen felves fenfation fenfe fentences fhall fhould fignify fimple firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes forrow foul fpeak fpecies fubject fublime fuch fuppofed give glottis greateſt Greek habit happineſs himſelf human human voice ideas imitation impoffible itſelf language laſt Latin leaſt lefs means mind moft moſt motion mufic muſt nature neceffary nouns obferved object occafion oppofite ourſelves paffions pain participle paſt perceive perfon pleafing pleaſing pleaſure poffible prefent puniſhment purpoſe raiſe reafon refemblance refpect ſee ſeem Semivowels ſenſe ſome ſpeak ſpeech ſtate ſtrong ſtudy taſte Tenfes thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe thoughts tion underſtand univerfal unleſs uſe verb virtue viſible voice words
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Strana 315 - ... it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Strana 99 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts: others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.
Strana 301 - External evils, which we cannot prevent, or could not avoid without a breach of duty, it is manly and honourable to bear with fortitude.
Strana 3 - ... what ought to be done and what ought not to be done...
Strana 306 - ... in far lefs danger of infelicity ; and has before him the animating hope of victory and honour. So in life : the man of true fortitude is in lefs danger of...
Strana 101 - We would preserve the doctrines, sentiments, or facts, that occur in reading, it will be prudent to lay the book aside, and put them in writing in our own words. This practice will give accuracy to our knowledge, accustom us to recollection, improve us in the use of language, and enable us so thoroughly to comprehend the thoughts of other men, as to make them in some measure our own.
Strana 221 - A not altogether satisfactory definition, as it assumes something concerning the animal which it would be hard to prove. Here is a more recent definition. ' Instinct is action taken in pursuance of an end, but without conscious perception of what that end is.' 6 This again does not quite satisfy me...
Strana 176 - By attention and exercise it may be improved in every man. It prepares the mind for receiving the impressions of virtue; and. without it there can be no true politeness. Nothing is more odious, than that insensibility which wraps a man up in himself and his own concerns, and prevents his being moved with either the joys or the sorrows of another.
Strana 306 - ... danger of infelicity, and has before him the animating hope of victory and honour. So, in life, the man of true fortitude is in less danger of disappointment than others are, because his understanding is clear, and his mind disencumbered. He is prepared to meet calamity without the fear of sinking...