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Mental Discipline: With Reference to the Acquisition and Communication of ... - Page 106
by Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1847 - 320 pages
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 4

Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...faculties in a state of excitement which was too rigid to be affected by lighter interests, and on which therefore the beauties of nature and of art...diverted among the innumerable varieties of the extensive scenes which he traversed ; all his subordinate feelings lost their separate existence and operation,...
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The Works of the Rev. Robert Hall, A.M.: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 2

Robert Hall - 1849 - 504 pages
...faculties in a state of excitement which was too rigid to be affected by lighter interests, and on which, therefore, the beauties of nature and of art...existence and operation, by falling into the grand one. There have not been wanting trivial minds to mark this as a fault in his character. But the mere men...
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The Constitution of Man

George Combe - 1850 - 452 pages
...faculties in a state of excitement which was too rigid to be affected by lighter interests, and on which therefore the beauties of nature and of art...existence and operation, by falling into the grand one. There have not been wanting trivial minds, to mark this as a fault in his character. But the mere men...
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Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute ..., Volume 20

American Institute of Instruction - 1850 - 256 pages
...faculties in a state of excitement, which was too rigid to be affected by lighter interests, and on which therefore the beauties of nature and of art had no power. He had no leisure feeling for surveying the cities and monuments and artificial works of the countries through which h§ passed....
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Success in life, a book for young men

Success - 1851 - 362 pages
...faculties in a state of excitement which was too rigid to be affected by lighter interests, and on which, therefore, the beauties of nature and of art...innumerable varieties of the extensive scene which ho traversed; all his subordinate feelings lost their separate existence and operation, by falling...
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The Journal of sacred literature, ed. by J. Kitto ..., Volume 5; Volume 25

John Kitto - 1853 - 576 pages
...faculties in a state of excitement which was too rigid to be affected by lighter interests, and on which, therefore, the beauties of nature and of art...existence and operation by falling into the grand one. There have not been wanting trivial minds to mark this as a fault in his character. But the mere men...
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The Journal of Sacred Literature, Volume 5

John Kitto - 1853 - 552 pages
...faculties in a state of excitement which was too rigid to be affected by lighter interests, and on which, therefore, the beauties of nature and of art...no power. He had no leisure feeling which he could epare to be diverted among the innumerable varieties of the extensive scene which he traversed; all...
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The Boy's Second Help to Reading: A Selection of Choice Passages from ...

Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...faculties in a state of excitement which was too rigid to be affected by lighter interests, and on which therefore the beauties of nature and of art...diverted among the innumerable varieties of the extensive scenes which he traversed ; all his subordinate feelings lost their separate existence and operation,...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 1

Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...spare to be diverted among the innumerable varieties of the extensive scenes which he traversed ; ah1 his subordinate feelings lost their separate existence and operation, by falling into the grand one. There have not been wanting trivial minds, to mark this as a fault in bis character. But the mere men...
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Success in Life: A Book for Young Men

1858 - 348 pages
...faculties in a state of excitement which was too rigid to be affected by lighter interests, and on which, therefore, the beauties of nature and of art...existence and operation, by falling into the grand one. There have not been wanting trivial minds, to mark this as a fault in his character. But the mere men...
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