 | 1817 - 436 pages
...local emotion, would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and it 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 us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far be... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...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 the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...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 the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 432 pages
...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 the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 pages
...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 the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from... | |
 | 1817 - 292 pages
...moralist has truly said, that it is impossihle to ahstract the mind from all local emotion ; and " 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 digpity of thinking heings." " That... | |
 | W M. Wade - 1817 - 662 pages
...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 the past, the distant, or " the future, predominate over the present, ad" vances us in the dignity of thinking beings. " Far... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1817 - 616 pages
...they abounded ; in other respects they seemed of another world. " What" ever," says Dr. Johnson, " 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 human " beings." It would... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1817 - 426 pages
...In other respects, they seemed of another world : — " Whatever withdraws us," says Dr. Johnson, " 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 " rational beings." It... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 pages
...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 the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from... | |
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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. 
