 | Hugh Blair - 1785 - 496 pages
...confihonly is the degree of intellectual im* Jercm. iv. 14. pfovement. It is this power of attention SER M. '••Which in a great meafure diftinguifhes the wife and the great from the vulgar and triffing herd of men. The latter are ao cuftomed to think, or rather to dream, without knowing the... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1794 - 446 pages
...wifhes to fpeak and write with accuracy and elegance. with pleafure every hour of my life* fays, ct It * * is the power of attention which in a great...rather *< to dream, without knowing the fubject of 'e their thoughts* In their unconnected rovings^ * c they purfue no end ; they follow no track. " Every... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1800 - 410 pages
...attention to a fingle fubjeit:, and to contemplate that alone. An author,* whofe works I could read with pleafure every hour of my life, fays, " It is " the power of attention which in agreatmeafure " diftinguifhes the wife and the great from the " vulgar and trifling herd of men. The... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1804 - 432 pages
...our attention to a finglefubject, and to contemplate that alone. An author,* whofe works I could read with pleafure every hour of my life, fays, " It is...the " vulgar and trifling herd of men. The latter *f are accuftomed to think, or rather to dream, " without knowing the fubject of their thoughts. "... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1804 - 406 pages
...pleafure every hour of my life, fays, " It is " the power of attention which in a great meafure 11 diftinguifhes the wife and the great from the " vulgar and trifling herd of men. The latter " are accultomed to think, or rather to dream, *' without knowing thefubjectof their thoughts. " In their... | |
 | American literature - 1808 - 356 pages
...their friends. Attention. It is the power of attention which in a great measure distinguishes the wise and the great from the vulgar and trifling herd of men. The latter are accustomed to think, or rather to dream, without knowing the subject of their thoughts. In their unconnected... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1808 - 448 pages
...intellectual improvement. It is the power of attention which in a great measure distinguishes the wise and the great from the vulgar and trifling herd of men. The latter are accustomed to think, or rather to dream, without knowing the subject of their thoughts. In their unconnected... | |
 | 1817 - 646 pages
...grace. TH ON ATTENTION. It is the power of attention which in great measure distinguishes the wise and the great from the vulgar and trifling herd of men. The latter are accustomed lo think, or rather to dream, without knowing the subject of their thoughts. In their unconnected... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 488 pages
...intellectual improvement. It is the power of attention which in a great measure distinguishes the wise and the great from the vulgar and trifling herd of men. The latter are accustomed to think, or rather to dream without knowing the subject of their thoughts. In their unconnected... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Sermons - 1820 - 398 pages
...intellectual improvement. It is the power of attention which in a great measure distinguishes the wise and the great from the vulgar and trifling herd of men. The latter are accustomed to think, or rather to dream, without knowing the subject of their thoughts. In their unconnected... | |
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It is the power of attention which in a great measure distinguishes the wise and the great from the vulgar and trifling herd of men. The latter are accustomed to think, or rather to dream without knowing the subject of their thoughts. In their unconnected... 
