The American Whig Review, Volúmenes7-8 |
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We have ourselves known people, in hours of extreme despondency, to throw
their most intimate friends into consternation by -their prodigious extravagances ;
their minds being in a very paroxysm of frolic, when they almost felt like hanging ...
We have ourselves known people, in hours of extreme despondency, to throw
their most intimate friends into consternation by -their prodigious extravagances ;
their minds being in a very paroxysm of frolic, when they almost felt like hanging ...
Página 262
It was, at least, the fortune of Brown to make no very decided and abiding
impression on those about him, aside from that which was left on their minds by
his writings. We are told, indeed, that he was of a gentle nature ; that his manners
were, ...
It was, at least, the fortune of Brown to make no very decided and abiding
impression on those about him, aside from that which was left on their minds by
his writings. We are told, indeed, that he was of a gentle nature ; that his manners
were, ...
Página 270
right mind ? What is the issue ? It matters very little to assert that the alleged
means by which Carwin produces, indirectly, such tremendous effects, " is
altogether incompetent to the various phenomena of sight and sound " which are
narrated, ...
right mind ? What is the issue ? It matters very little to assert that the alleged
means by which Carwin produces, indirectly, such tremendous effects, " is
altogether incompetent to the various phenomena of sight and sound " which are
narrated, ...
Página 271
The circumstances in which a mind like :eland's is made to spring up and come
maturity, are as adequate as wc are k to conceive. In the first place, it is ident that
from no quarter of the world old such a mind originate so naturally as >m ...
The circumstances in which a mind like :eland's is made to spring up and come
maturity, are as adequate as wc are k to conceive. In the first place, it is ident that
from no quarter of the world old such a mind originate so naturally as >m ...
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The law, however, is more rigid and stoical ; it holds there may be insanity and a
moral sense still remaining in the mind with a responsible judgment ; and makes
the circumstances of each particular case determine whether the moral sense be
...
The law, however, is more rigid and stoical ; it holds there may be insanity and a
moral sense still remaining in the mind with a responsible judgment ; and makes
the circumstances of each particular case determine whether the moral sense be
...
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Página 35 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Página 100 - He raised a sigh so piteous and profound As it did seem to shatter all his bulk And end his being : that done, he lets me go : And with his head over his shoulder turn'd, He seem'd to find his way without his eyes ; For out o' doors he went without their help, And to the last bended their light on me.
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Página 159 - I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet still as identical with the primary in the kind of its agency, and differing only in degree, and in the mode of its operation. It dissolves, diffuses, dissipates, in order to re-create: or where this process is rendered impossible, yet still at all events it struggles to idealize and to unify. It is essentially vital, even as all objects (as objects) are essentially fixed and dead.
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Página 134 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...