 | James Boswell - 1835 - 374 pages
...Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 pages
...Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our... | |
 | Iowa State Bar Association - 1912 - 286 pages
...with indifference ? Dr. Johnson, in a familiar passage respecting famous places, finely observes "that to abstract the mind from all local emotion would...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses — whatever makes the past, the distant or the future, predominate over the present, advances... | |
 | 1918 - 228 pages
...all local emotion," says an eminent British tourist, "would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances... | |
 | Florence Marian McNeill - 1920 - 146 pages
...Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our... | |
 | 1921 - 868 pages
...sacrifice of good home sentiment. "To astract the mind from all local emotion", wrote Dr. Johnson, " would be impossible, if it were endeavored, and would be foolish, if it were possible." The study of the multifarious records of the valley where we come to live must in some degree enrich... | |
 | Rochester Historical Society (Rochester, N.Y.) - 1927 - 502 pages
...History is none the less important. "To abstract the mind from all local emotion," wrote Dr. Johnson, "would be impossible, if it were endeavored, and would be foolish if it were possible." The best citizens are those who are interested in their own local affairs. There is a relation between... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 pages
...Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our... | |
 | James Cooper - 1924 - 160 pages
...Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever makes the past, the distant, or the... | |
 | James MacLuckie Connell - 1924 - 170 pages
...Caledonian religions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of the... | |
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To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over... 
