Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness; Chiefly in Reference to a Life of Retirement in the CountryLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - 276 sider |
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Side xxi
... impression . And this effect , it is hoped , will not entirely be wanting , at least to those who shall attend seriously and intelligent- ly to what shall be offered . It is to such pre- pared readers , whose minds are well disposed ...
... impression . And this effect , it is hoped , will not entirely be wanting , at least to those who shall attend seriously and intelligent- ly to what shall be offered . It is to such pre- pared readers , whose minds are well disposed ...
Side xxv
... VIRTUE . SECTION I. - In which it is considered how far Retirement is favourable to Virtue , from its tendency to weaken the impression of the World . 81 .... 90 b SECTION II . - Containing some Observations on those Means.
... VIRTUE . SECTION I. - In which it is considered how far Retirement is favourable to Virtue , from its tendency to weaken the impression of the World . 81 .... 90 b SECTION II . - Containing some Observations on those Means.
Side 68
... impressions are commonly too powerful to leave the mind at sufficient liberty to form a calm and impartial judgment . It must , however , on the other hand , be acknow- ledged , that books , unless happily selected , are un- faithful ...
... impressions are commonly too powerful to leave the mind at sufficient liberty to form a calm and impartial judgment . It must , however , on the other hand , be acknow- ledged , that books , unless happily selected , are un- faithful ...
Side 74
... impression without the help of frequent and serious recollec- tion . To a thoughtless young man , even the short period of the present life seems a kind of immor- tality ; he sees no bounds to his pursuits and his enjoyments ; one ...
... impression without the help of frequent and serious recollec- tion . To a thoughtless young man , even the short period of the present life seems a kind of immor- tality ; he sees no bounds to his pursuits and his enjoyments ; one ...
Side 81
... Impression of the World . IT is a law which obtains through every rank of existence , from the meanest plant up to man the head of this sublunary system , for like to produce its like . This , so far as it relates to the vegetable and ...
... Impression of the World . IT is a law which obtains through every rank of existence , from the meanest plant up to man the head of this sublunary system , for like to produce its like . This , so far as it relates to the vegetable and ...
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