 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Philosophy - 1794 - 464 pages
...beyond the sea.* * Valiancy. LETLETTER LXXIX, WE are inattentive to the vicissitudes in human affairs. We imperceptibly advance from youth to age, without observing the gradual, but incessant change. But, if the interval between two memorable ieras eould be instantly annihilated; if it were possible,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 448 pages
...tradition have been discovered in the remote extremities of Scandinavia J. This easy and universal belief, so expressive of the sense of mankind, may be ascribed...is accustomed, by a perpetual series of causes and effectsi to unite the most distant revolutions. But if the interval between two memorable aeras could... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1827 - 414 pages
...tion have been discovered in the remote extremities of Scandi" navia. This easy and universal belief, so expressive of the " sense of mankind, may be ascribed...and even in our larger experience of history, the ima" gination is accustomed, by a perpetual series of causes and ef" fects, to unite the most distant... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 pages
...tradition have been discovered in the remote extremities of Scandinavia. This easy and universal belief, so expressive of the sense of mankind, may be ascribed...history, the imagination, is accustomed by a perpetual scries of causes and effects, to unite the most distant revolutions. But if the interval between two... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 500 pages
...Jamblichus, on the suspicion of a secret treasure, was dragged before the judge. Their mutual inquiries produced the amazing discovery, that two centuries...ascribed to the genuine merit of the fable itself. We * Gibbon, Decline and Fall, chap. xxiii. imperceptibly advance from youth to age, without observing... | |
 | Fashion - 1843 - 568 pages
...of the fahle itself. We imperceptihly advance from youth to age, without ohserving the gradual, hut incessant, change of human affairs; and even in our...experience of history, the imagination is accustomed, hy a perpetual series of causes and effects, to unite the most distant revolutions. But if the interval... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English periodicals - 1844 - 614 pages
...its extensive propagation may be sought for in its inherent beauty. As it has been truly remarked, we imperceptibly advance from youth to age without observing the gradual but incessant changes of human affairs, so, in our larger experience of history, notwithstanding the claims of some... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1847 - 666 pages
...discovered in the remote extremities of Scandinavia. This easy and universal belief, 10 eiprcssive of the sense of mankind, may be ascribed to the genuine merit of the fable itaelf. We imperceptibly advance from youth to age, without observing the gradual, but incessant change... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1851 - 392 pages
...vestiges of a similar tradition have been discovered in Scandinavia. This easy and universal belief, — so expressive of the sense of mankind, — may be ascribed to the genuine meri of the fable itself. We imperceptibly advance from youtl to age, without observing the gradual,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Human information processing - 1854 - 514 pages
...tradition have been discovered in the remote extremities of Scandinavia. This easy and universal belief, so expressive of the sense of mankind, may be ascribed...history, the imagination is accustomed, by a perpetual scries of causes and affects, to unite the most distant revolutions. But if the interval between two... | |
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This easy and universal belief, so expressive of the sense of mankind, may be ascribed to the genuine merit of the fable itself. We imperceptibly advance from youth to age, without observing the gradual, but incessant change of human affairs ; and even... 
