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Page 134 - This would be an adaptation to actual business of the spiritual truth that " to him that hath shall be given ; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he seemeth to have.
Page 341 - I had made during the experiment. I endeavoured to recall the ideas, they were feeble and indistinct; one collection of terms, however, presented itself: and with the most intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kinglake, " Nothing exists but thoughts! — -the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains...
Page 41 - Platonici un principio influenzatore di vita, animatore del mondo ; ond' è che Virgilio, seguendo il Platonico sistema, sublimemente cantò: « Principio coelum ac terras, camposque liquentes, « Lucentemque globum Lunae, titaniaque astra « Spiritus intus alit , totamque infusa per artus « Mens agitai molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Page 309 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 338 - I lost all connection with external things; trains of vivid visible images rapidly passed through my mind and were connected with words in such a manner, as to produce perceptions perfectly novel. I existed in a world of newly connected and newly modified ideas.
Page 339 - I endeavoured to recall the ideas ; they -were feeble and indistinct; one collection of terms, however, presented itself ; and with the most intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kinglake, ' Nothing exists but thoughts ! — the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures, and pains...