 | 1804 - 542 sivua
...the foul inward on itfelf, it* forces are concentred, and arc fitted for ftronger and bolder flights of fcience ; and that, in fuch purfuits, whether we take, or whether we lofe the game, the chafe is certainly of fervice. " In this refpeft, the of the mind (abftrafting entirely from that preeminence... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield, Henry Mackenzie - 1822 - 614 sivua
...foul inward on itfelf, its forces are " concentred, and are fitted for ftronger and " bolder flights of fcience ; and that, in fuch " purfuits, whether...thofe preparatory difciplines, which another writer of no lefs eminence has happily compared to " the crops which are raifed, not " for the fake of the harveft,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1822 - 432 sivua
...of its practical applications, may claim a distinguished rank among those preparatory disciplines, which another writer of equal talents has happily compared to " the crops ffhich are raised, not for the sake of the harvest, but to be ploughed in as a dressing to the land."!... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 430 sivua
...of its practical applications, may claim a distinguished rank among those preparatory disciplines, which another writer of equal talents has happily compared to "the crops which are raised, not for the sake of the harvest, but to be ploughed in as a dressing to the land." * SECTION... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 422 sivua
...of its practical applications, may claim a distinguished rank among those preparatory disciplines, which . another writer of equal talents has happily compared to " the crops which are raised, not for the sake of the harvest, but to be ploughed in as a dressing to the land." * SECTION... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 410 sivua
...of its practical applications, may claim a distinguished rank among those preparatory disciplines, which another writer of equal talents has happily compared to " the crops which are raised, not for the sake of the harvest, but to be ploughed in as a dressing to the' land." * SECTION... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 sivua
...of its practical opplications) may claim a distinguished rank among those preparatory dis ciplincs, which another writer of equal talents has happily compared to ' the crops which are raised, not for the sake of the harvest, but to be ploughed in as a dressing to the land."" — p.... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 sivua
...respect, the philosophy of the mind may claim a distinguished rank among those preparatory disciplines, which another writer of equal talents has happily compared to "the crops which are raised, not for the value of the harvest, but to be ploughed in as a dressing to the land." — Dugald... | |
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Beautiful.' philosophy of the mind, abstracting entirely from that pre-eminence which belongs to it in consequence of its practical applications, may claim a distinguished rank among those preparatory disciplines, which . another writer of equal talents... 