Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorE. Wilson, 1831 - 471 strán (strany) |
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... tion in life , I have scarcely in any instance contri- buted a page to any periodical miscellany . My mind has been constitutionally meditative ; and I should not have felt satisfied , if I had not set in order for publication these ...
... tion in life , I have scarcely in any instance contri- buted a page to any periodical miscellany . My mind has been constitutionally meditative ; and I should not have felt satisfied , if I had not set in order for publication these ...
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... Orpheus is said to have subdued the brute crea- tion ! From the countenance of man let us proceed to his figure . Every limb is capable of speaking , and telling its own tale . What can equal the magnifi- 1. ] 5 OF BODY AND MIND .
... Orpheus is said to have subdued the brute crea- tion ! From the countenance of man let us proceed to his figure . Every limb is capable of speaking , and telling its own tale . What can equal the magnifi- 1. ] 5 OF BODY AND MIND .
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... tion of an insensible carcase , till it should be re- vivified by the same or some other spirit . When I am , as it is vulgarly understood , in a state of motion , I use my limbs as the implements of my will . When , in a quiescent ...
... tion of an insensible carcase , till it should be re- vivified by the same or some other spirit . When I am , as it is vulgarly understood , in a state of motion , I use my limbs as the implements of my will . When , in a quiescent ...
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... tion to every thing of a memorable sort that occurs to him in the order of nature . The second is that of which I have just treated , the superior dignity of mind over body . This , we persuade ourselves , shall subsist uninjured by the ...
... tion to every thing of a memorable sort that occurs to him in the order of nature . The second is that of which I have just treated , the superior dignity of mind over body . This , we persuade ourselves , shall subsist uninjured by the ...
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... TION AN UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE . THE reflections thus put down , may assist us in answering the question as to the way in which ta- lents are distributed among men by the hand of nature . All things upon the earth and under the earth , and ...
... TION AN UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE . THE reflections thus put down , may assist us in answering the question as to the way in which ta- lents are distributed among men by the hand of nature . All things upon the earth and under the earth , and ...
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