 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 700
...endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or...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 Stuart M. Anderson - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 776
...only innocent, but laudable and useful. A great writer, referring to this very point, observes, that " whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future,...advances us in the dignity of thinking beings;" and accordingly wise men have always approved and sanctioned a guarded indulgence of the feeling to which... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 146
...endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such rigid philosophy, as may conduct us unmoved over any ground,... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses — whatever makes the past, the distant, or...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,... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...endeavoured^ and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or...predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thfhking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent... | |
 | 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 296
...thought that whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, or makes the past, the distant, and the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking heings.* His was no frigid philosophy, no hahitual devotion ; his heart was warm, his soul was sincere,... | |
 | John Stedman - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 364
...burned up. It is the observation of a great moralist, that " whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." In reference to our present subject, the obiervation carries with it much weight. For what, I may ask,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...And hence the chirm hiftoric scenes impart : Whatever withdraws us from the power of our •rotea ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future,...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and fer from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct es indiffèrent and unmoved... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 282
...endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible ! Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or 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 - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 586
...endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or 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. 
