 This book set all my soul to think, to feel, and to reason, from all without, and from all within. It gave the first metaphysical turn to my mind ; and I cultivated the little knowledge of writing which I had acquired, in order to put down my reflections....  Famous boys; and how they became great men - Page 140by Joseph Johnson - 1879 - 301 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Drew - 1809 - 488 pages
...doing this, I could not but draw a contrast between my own mental condition and that of others. This awakened me from my stupor, and induced me to form...grovelling views which I had been accustomed to entertain of things, and to quit the practices of my old associates. Soon after this, I engaged in business for... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1811 - 464 pages
...a contrast between my own mental condition and that of others. This awakened me from my stu-. por, and induced me to form a resolution to abandon the...grovelling views which I had been accustomed to entertain of things, and to quit the practices of my old associates. B Soon after this, I engaged in business... | |
 | Jacob Halls Drew - 1834 - 556 pages
...bias for abstruse subjects." To a friend he observed, " This book set all my soul to think ; to feel and to reason, from all without and from all within....had acquired, in order to put down my reflections." He elsewhere remarks, " It awakened me from my stupor, and induced me to form a resolution to abandon... | |
 | 1834 - 606 pages
...through all his subsequent life. To a friend he observed, "This book set all my soul to think, to feel, and to reason, from all without, and from all within....; and I cultivated the little knowledge of writing I had acquired, in order fo put down my reflections." After some time he was recommended to begin shoemaking... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 pages
...again, yet the impression was never lost from his mind. " This book set all my soul to think, to feel, and to reason, from all without, and from all within....grovelling views which I had been accustomed to entertain." Heretofore no specific object, beside the general one of improvement, had guided his efforts. Locke... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 1054 pages
...again, yet the impression was never lost from his mi >id. " This book set all my soul to think, to feel, and to reason, from all without, and from all within....metaphysical turn to my mind ; and I cultivated the litlle knowledge of writing which I had acquired, in order to put down my reflections. It awakened... | |
 | 1852 - 372 pages
...again, yet the impression was never lost from his mind. "This book set all my soul to think, to feel, and to reason, from all without, and from all within....grovelling views which I had been accustomed to entertain." Heretofore no specific object, besides the general one of improvement, had guided his efforts. Locke... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - 610 pages
...again ; yet the impression was never lost from his mind. " This book set all my soul to think, to feel, and to reason, from all without, and from all within....and induced me to form a resolution to abandon the groveling views which I had been accustomed to entertain." Heretofore no specific object, beside the... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 368 pages
...Understanding' gave the first metaphysical turn to his mind. " It awakened me from my stupor," said he, " and induced me to form a resolution to abandon the...grovelling views which I had been accustomed to entertain." Drew now began business on his own account, though his whole capital was only fourteen shillings; but... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1860 - 358 pages
..." Locke's Essay," for he acknowledged that it turned his attention to metaphysics, and, he said, " It awakened me from my stupor, and induced me to form...grovelling views which I had been accustomed to entertain." The German scholar, Mendelsohn, owed not a little of his distinction in certain departments of study... | |
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