 | Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 400 pages
...poffible. Whate er withdraws us from the power of our ienfes ; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduit us indifferent and unmoved over any ground... | |
 | Donald MacNicol - 1779 - 392 pages
...poffible. Whatever draws us from the power of T 3 our our fenfes; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1782 - 482 pages
...poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes, whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances...from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy, as may conduct us indifferent, and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wifdom, bravery, or... | |
 | James Boswell - 1785 - 546 pages
...poflible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes, whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future, predominate over the prefent, advances...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground... | |
 | James Boswell - 1785 - 548 pages
...poffiblc. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes, whatever makes the part, the diftant, or the future, predominate over the prefent, advances...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...poflible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes ; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground... | |
 | 1787 - 568 pages
...poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of ouf fenfes ; whatever rriakes the paft, the Jilt ant, or the future* predominate over the prefent, advances...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduft as indifferent and unmoved over any ground... | |
 | John Knox - 1787 - 566 pages
...poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our V fenfes ; whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future predominate over the prefent, advances...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, / be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduct us indifferent / and unmoved over any ground... | |
 | 1787 - 724 pages
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pages
...poffible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our fenfes, whatever makes the paft, the diftant, or the future, predominate over the prefent, advances...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, . be fuch frigid philofophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any... | |
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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. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct... 
