 | Donald Campbell - 1801 - 374 pages
...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion, would be impossible if it were endeavored, 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 future, predominate over the present, advances... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 pages
...religion. To abstract the mind from I all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our sense?, i whatever makes the pant, the distant, or the future, predominate over the presensr advances... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes tha past, the distant, or the future predominate over (he present, advances us in the dignity of thinking... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton - 1812 - 90 pages
...with us in any other respect.* "To abstract the mind from all local emotion, says an eminent moralist, would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and it would be foolish if it were possible." The places where great events have been performed — where great virtues have been exhibited — where... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - 1814 - 558 pages
...us in any other respect. " To abstract the mind from all local emotion," says an eminent moralist, " would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and it would be foolish if it were possible."* The places where * Johnson's Tour to the Hebrides great events have been performed; where great virtues... | |
 | W. M. Wade - 1818 - 524 pages
..." To abstract the mind from all local emotion " would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, " and would be foolish, if it 'were possible. " Whatever...from the power of our " senses, whatever makes the past^.the distant, or " the future, predominate over the present, ad* vances us in the dignity of thinking... | |
 | W. M. Wade - 1818 - 530 pages
...abstract the mind from all local emotion '• ' would be impossible, if it were endeavoured,, IS and would be foolish, -if it ' were possible. " Whatever withdraws us from the power of our 11 senses, whatever makes the past," the distant, or " the future, predominate over the present, ad"... | |
 | William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 372 pages
...the mind from all local Monatiic emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured ; A"ti4n '"** and it would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever...withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes <he past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances ив т the dignity of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 492 pages
...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, dry and hard, he disapproved of the richness of Johnson's language, and of his frequent use of metaphorical... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 pages
...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever inakea the past the distant or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity... | |
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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 by wisdom, bravery... 
