On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations |
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Page 55
... feels at every step that he is not on the confines , but in the centre of the torrid zone ; not in one of the West ... feel strongly the beauty of picturesque scenery , he can scarcely de- fine the various emotions which crowd upon his ...
... feels at every step that he is not on the confines , but in the centre of the torrid zone ; not in one of the West ... feel strongly the beauty of picturesque scenery , he can scarcely de- fine the various emotions which crowd upon his ...
Page 271
... feels , thinks , wills , hopes , fears , and desires ; and some philosophers insist that we have the same evi- dence for its separate existence that we have for that of the body . Though this may be very difficult to prove , I cannot but ...
... feels , thinks , wills , hopes , fears , and desires ; and some philosophers insist that we have the same evi- dence for its separate existence that we have for that of the body . Though this may be very difficult to prove , I cannot but ...
Page 309
... feel , the friendly stroke is o'er . " Why , indeed , should we consider death an evil of such gigantic magnitude ? Is it an unconquerable feel- ing implanted in our bosoms by the hand of Nature ? or is it the more probable effect of ...
... feel , the friendly stroke is o'er . " Why , indeed , should we consider death an evil of such gigantic magnitude ? Is it an unconquerable feel- ing implanted in our bosoms by the hand of Nature ? or is it the more probable effect of ...
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