DISORDERS of intellect, answered Imlac, happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate... Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson - Σελίδα 162των Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 323 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 416 σελίδες
...human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason , who can regulate his attention wholly...found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize , and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. All power of fancy... | |
| 1847 - 1054 σελίδες
...human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly...found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. All power of fancy over... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 228 σελίδες
...man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attentioa wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and...found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. All power of fancy... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 σελίδες
...made, there will always be some whom hope, fear, or kindness, will dispose to pay them. nid. Folly. No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do...hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. Prince ofMysnma. Fortune. Fortune often delights to dignify what nature has neglected, and that renown,... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 σελίδες
...There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regálate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas...found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. All power of fancy... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 σελίδες
...be made, there will always be some whom hope, fear, or kindness, will dispose to pay them. mi. FoUy. No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do...hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. Prince of Fortune. Fortune often delights to dignify what nature has neglected, and that renown, which... | |
| 1855 - 692 σελίδες
...right state. There is no man whose imagination does not somctimes predominate over his reason, who ean regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose...man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not uomctimes tyrannize, and foree him to hope or fear beyond the .limits of sober probability. All power... | |
| John Charles Bucknill - 1856 - 80 σελίδες
...human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly...found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. All power of fancy... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1856 - 118 σελίδες
...and go at his command. No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of...sober probability. All power of fancy over reason is $ degree of insanity; but while this power is sucFTaTwe can control and repress, it is notyisible toothers,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 452 σελίδες
...human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly...found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. All power of fancy... | |
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