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... act on it , while a certain power and the sus- ceptibility in action may be called a cause , and the consciousness produced , the effect . I look round my apartment , the various articles of furniture are suc- cessively 9.
... act on it , while a certain power and the sus- ceptibility in action may be called a cause , and the consciousness produced , the effect . I look round my apartment , the various articles of furniture are suc- cessively 9.
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... look at it and are made aware that that which we know to be hard , smooth , round , & c . , has a certain visible figure and coloured appearance : thus we come to the knowledge of the sensible things around us , and when we are deceived ...
... look at it and are made aware that that which we know to be hard , smooth , round , & c . , has a certain visible figure and coloured appearance : thus we come to the knowledge of the sensible things around us , and when we are deceived ...
Page 64
... look to the dif- ferent parts of the British Isles , and study the habitual associations of the Englishman , the Irishman , and the Scot . Even the inhabitants of each county , city , town , village , hamlet , and cottage have their ...
... look to the dif- ferent parts of the British Isles , and study the habitual associations of the Englishman , the Irishman , and the Scot . Even the inhabitants of each county , city , town , village , hamlet , and cottage have their ...
Page 78
... look towards the hori- zon , and the vapourous foggy masses called clouds re- flect the sun's rays to our eyes , and depict on the retina scenes of silvery rocks , and gilded cliffs , and dark blue mountains . These cloudy regions , and ...
... look towards the hori- zon , and the vapourous foggy masses called clouds re- flect the sun's rays to our eyes , and depict on the retina scenes of silvery rocks , and gilded cliffs , and dark blue mountains . These cloudy regions , and ...
Page 79
... - brown night sits on half the hill . Through the breaches of the tempest look forth the dim faces of ghosts . So fierce , so vast , so terrible rushed on the sons of Erin . " * * * * " The rest lay in the heath of the deer 79.
... - brown night sits on half the hill . Through the breaches of the tempest look forth the dim faces of ghosts . So fierce , so vast , so terrible rushed on the sons of Erin . " * * * * " The rest lay in the heath of the deer 79.
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Page 206 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE; in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Page 197 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Page 118 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 99 - Like the darkened moon he retired, in the midst of the whistling blast.
Page 167 - Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it : and I willingly take this opportunity of entering my solemn protest against this violent compliment, which so many that believe the Bible pay to those who do not believe it.
Page 67 - Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Page 118 - Veritate, in my hand, and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words, 0 thou eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make; I am not satisfied enough whether I shall publish this book, De Veritate...
Page 94 - Is this a dagger, which I see before me, The handle toward my hand ? Come, let me clutch thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling, as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind; a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain ? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw. Thou marshal'st me the way that I was going; And such an instrument I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o...
Page 206 - Though the qualities that affect our senses are, in the things themselves, so united and blended, that there is no separation, no distance between them; yet it is plain the ideas they produce in the mind enter by the senses simple and unmixed...
Page 94 - Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest ; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.