 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1871 - 642 Seiten
...foree to hlunt the diseriminating powers of the mind, and, unfitting it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The...of these causes are the great national events which aru daily taking place; and the inereasing aecumulation of men in citics, where the uniformity of their... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 Seiten
...force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The...accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity ol their occupation produces a craving for extraordinary incident, which the rapid communication of... | |
 | 1876 - 606 Seiten
...force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and, unfitting it for all voluntary exertions, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The...communication of intelligence hourly gratifies.'— Vol. ii. p. 83. Let it be remembered that the society thus roundly anathematised had shown itself capable... | |
 | 1876 - 604 Seiten
...force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and, unfitting it for all voluntary exertions, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The...communication of intelligence hourly gratifies.'— Vol. ii. p. 83. Let it be remembered that the society thus roundly anathematised had shown itself capable... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1878 - 1112 Seiten
...discriminating powers of the mind, -\nd, unfitting it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a sute of almost savage torpor. The most effective of these...accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity of 'heir occupations produces a craving for extraoriinary incident, which the rapid communication of intelligence... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 618 Seiten
...force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and, unfitting it for all voluntary exerdon, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The...taking place, and the increasing accumulation of men m cities, where the uniformity of their occupations produces a craving for extraordinary incident,... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 676 Seiten
...of thc mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a state of almost savagf torpor. The most effective of these causes are the...accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity ol their occupation produces a craving for extraordinary incident, which the rapid communication of... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1882 - 642 Seiten
...force to hlunt the discriminating powers of the mir.d, and, unfitting it for all voluntary excrt.on, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The...where the uniformity of their occupations produces a L raving for extraordinary incident, which the rapid communication of intelligence hourly z-atifies.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1883 - 406 Seiten
...force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and, unfitting it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The...accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity of their occupation produces a craving for extraordinary incident, which the rapid communication of intelligence... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 214 Seiten
...powers of the mind, and, unfitting^ . it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a state of almo savage torpor. The most effective of these causes...uniformity of their occupations produces a craving for ex- 15 traordinary incident, which the rapid communication of intelligence hourly gratifies. Tothis... | |
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For a multitude of causes, unknown to former times, are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and, unfitting it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The most effective... 
