Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 3John Grigg, 1824 - Philosophy |
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... thought to comprehend that emotion which is next to be examined by us , the desire of ac- tion ; and , to a certain degree , it unquestionably does compre- hend it ; since long inaction produces a pain in our limbs , which prompts us to ...
... thought to comprehend that emotion which is next to be examined by us , the desire of ac- tion ; and , to a certain degree , it unquestionably does compre- hend it ; since long inaction produces a pain in our limbs , which prompts us to ...
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... thought it necessary to add , even after the desire of pleasure . The first of these , on the consideration of which I had scarce- ly entered , was the love of action . To be happy , it is necessary that we be occupied ; and , without ...
... thought it necessary to add , even after the desire of pleasure . The first of these , on the consideration of which I had scarce- ly entered , was the love of action . To be happy , it is necessary that we be occupied ; and , without ...
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Thomas Brown. of more deliberate thought , -on brows too , perhaps , that , in other circumstances , are seldom overcast , if a few successive days of wet and boisterous weather have rendered all escape in- to the open air , and the ...
Thomas Brown. of more deliberate thought , -on brows too , perhaps , that , in other circumstances , are seldom overcast , if a few successive days of wet and boisterous weather have rendered all escape in- to the open air , and the ...
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... thought , how he is to adapt his steps to the measure of an air , or how he is to send one billiard ball most adroitly to meet another , -instead of leav- ing him to enjoy , in repose , the contemplation of that majestic glory which ...
... thought , how he is to adapt his steps to the measure of an air , or how he is to send one billiard ball most adroitly to meet another , -instead of leav- ing him to enjoy , in repose , the contemplation of that majestic glory which ...
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... thought either of misery to be avoided , or of happiness to be attained . We are already busy , before we have felt the happiness ; we are already idle , before we have felt the misery of being idle . Na- ture does not wait for our ...
... thought either of misery to be avoided , or of happiness to be attained . We are already busy , before we have felt the happiness ; we are already idle , before we have felt the misery of being idle . Na- ture does not wait for our ...
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Page 144 - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 320 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels...
Page 386 - Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Page 253 - IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of corn; and if (instead of each picking where and what it liked, taking just as much as it wanted, and no more) you should see ninety-nine of them gathering all they got into a heap; reserving nothing for themselves but the chaff and the refuse; keeping this heap for one, and that the weakest perhaps...
Page 375 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it, as I muse along.
Page 349 - ... bitter potion to a distempered state. Times, and occasions, and provocations, will teach their own lessons. The wise will determine from the gravity of the case ; the irritable from sensibility to oppression; the high-minded from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands ; the brave and bold from the love of honourable danger in a generous cause : but, with or without right, a revolution will be the very last resource of the thinking and the good. The third head of right, asserted...
Page 201 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 295 - THE MAN OF ROSS. ALL our praises why should lords engross ? Rise, honest Muse ! and sing the Man of Ross : Pleased Vaga echoes through her winding bounds, And rapid Severn hoarse applause resounds. Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow ? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow ? Not to the skies in useless columns tost, Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with...
Page 383 - Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
Page 80 - Just what you hear you have; and what's unknown The same, my lord, if Tully's or your own. All that we feel of it begins and ends In the small circle of our foes or friends; To all beside as much an empty shade...