 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 the past, the distant, or the future predominate over...  A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - 260 ページSamuel Johnson 著 - 1800 - 288 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 610 ページ
...society when a moral genius . — ^__/ writes them. Dr. Johnson's grand idea is universally true : ' whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.' w Most men of genius and celebrity have been fond of romances in their youth, and the taste has continued... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 ページ
...quote. his words, as conveying my own sensations much more forcibly than I am capable of doing : " We were now treading that illustrious island, which...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and fVom my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground... | |
 | 1835 - 522 ページ
...benefit to society when a moral genius writes them. Dr. Johnson's grand idea is universally true : ' whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses;...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.' Most men of genius and celebrity have been fond of romances in their youth, and the taste has continued... | |
 | 1836 - 282 ページ
...tho more Though from afar, his steps adore ! [Abridged from BISIIOI- MAST'S Bril'uh ICOI.MKILL. — We were now treading that illustrious island, which...future predominate over the present, advances us in the disunity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends bo such frigid philosophy, as may conduct... | |
 | Lewis Cass - 1836 - 68 ページ
...said that " to abstract the mind from all local emotions would be impossible, if it were endeavored, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." And yet, fresh as our country is, we are not entirely without those impressive evidences of mutability,... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 370 ページ
...admiration on his image, and not fix his noble example in our hearts ? 'Whatever,' says Dr. Johnson, ' withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.' With this end in view, history and biography are given to young commercial men, that they may learn... | |
 | 1836 - 514 ページ
...And hence the charm historic scenes impart: Whatever withdraws IB from the power of our •ease«; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future,...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and far from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct m indifferent and unmoved over any ground... | |
 | 1836 - 744 ページ
...fix his noble example in our hearts ? ' Whatever,' says Dr. Johnson, ' withdraws us from the power ot our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant,...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.' With this end in view, hiitory and biography are given to young commercial men, that they may learn... | |
 | William Harper - 1836 - 38 ページ
...arts, which they regarcTas the highest moral science. "Whatever withdraws us from the power of the senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." To enjoy the ideas of truth, order, beauty, grandeur and power, inspired by a work of art, is to cultivate... | |
 | 1837 - 236 ページ
...Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all...in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which... | |
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