work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
7177,"","Reading Maclean's John Locke and English Literature (New York, Russell & Russell, 1962), 35.",2005-03-27 00:00:00 UTC,"The figures, which must actuate her, remain
As yet quite uncollected in the brain;
Exterior objects have not furnish' yet
Th' ideal stores which Age is sure to get.",,14154,"•Is this dated correctly? George Canning in ODNB is (1770-1827). Must be another writer.
REVISIT... REASSIGNING form duplicate title.","""The figures, which must actuate her, remain / As yet quite uncollected in the brain; / Exterior objects have not furnish' yet / Th' ideal stores which Age is sure to get.""","",2013-09-29 22:23:31 UTC,""
6749,"",Contributed by PC Fleming,2010-07-16 21:45:19 UTC,"[...] As nothing escaped her attention that could affect the success of her cares, she soon perceived the insufficiency of the usual means to attain the end she purposed. She discovered in her young pupil an unconquerable aversion to those books which are commonly put into the hands of children, and a peculiar inclination to converse with a mother whom she considered as a friend. This was a ray of intelligence which pointed out to the discerning parent the path prescribed by nature. She then threw aside such books, as fatigued without improving the understanding of her child, and composed these conversations, in which her daughter found the most useful lessons, while she only sought gratification of a curiosity natural to her age. (Vol. I, pages viii-ix)",,17964,"","""This was a ray of intelligence which pointed out to the discerning parent the path prescribed by nature.""","",2013-06-14 04:26:26 UTC,From the translator's preface.
6749,"","Contributed by PC Fleming, searching ""mind.""",2010-07-16 21:55:15 UTC,"Neither understanding nor memory need to be exerted on such trifles; and consequently, it was giving scope to her idleness. But her idleness led her into an error; for her mind, though inclined to laziness, sought for a more solid, and more active food. Thus, after bestowing much time on such follies, she was surprised not to find the satisfaction she had promised herself. she experienced a charm, a weariness in her mind; that is, she was quite disposed to ill humour. (Vol. I, page 266)",,17965,"","""But her idleness led her into an error; for her mind, though inclined to laziness, sought for a more solid, and more active food.""","",2010-07-16 21:56:48 UTC,""
6749,Possessive Individualism,"Contributed by PC Fleming, searching ""thoughts.""",2010-07-16 22:06:53 UTC,"Thus our thoughts are our most sacred and dearest property; and to read a bit of paper, as you call it, that does not belong to us, that contains thoughts not addressed to us, is to do an act that has all the deformity of treason, meanness, and infamy; in fine, the most vile and dishonourable act imaginable.
(Vol. I, p. 285)",2012-02-04,17966,"","""Thus our thoughts are our most sacred and dearest property; and to read a bit of paper, as you call it, that does not belong to us, that contains thoughts not addressed to us, is to do an act that has all the deformity of treason, meanness, and infamy; in fine, the most vile and dishonourable act imaginable.""","",2012-02-04 21:49:33 UTC,""
6749,"","Contributed by PC Fleming, searching ""idea.""",2010-07-16 22:09:32 UTC,"That frequently happens; and when once a false idea is impressed, it is very difficult to erase it, particularly at your age; as you are not yet capable of distinguishing the false from the true.
(Vol. I, page 86).",,17967,"","""That frequently happens; and when once a false idea is impressed, it is very difficult to erase it, particularly at your age; as you are not yet capable of distinguishing the false from the true.""",Impressions and Writing,2013-06-14 04:25:41 UTC,""
6749,"","Contributed by PC Fleming, searching ""heart.""",2010-07-17 15:45:25 UTC,"This alone was sufficient grounds for the old waiting gentlewoman to persuade Regentina, that this was the husband destined by the Oracle, because he would not take the Princess without green, not on account of his disdaining to wear green, but that it was not in his power to do so, notwithstanding all his efforts; which, in her mind, made a material difference in the meaning of the Oracle. Regentina remained speechless and confused, at the pitiful result of such pompous preliminaries. Those who were well acquainted with the world and the Court, agreed, that the heart of woman was an inexplicable abyss; and all remarked the novelty of this sentiment. The philosophers alone found it simple and natural. They remembered the tale of, The way to please the ladies, written by one of their fraternity; and thought it common enough for a woman of sense to prefer a coxcomb, whom she could govern as she liked, to a man, who would always surpass her, in spite of her and himself too, by possessing qualities too eminent. (Vol. II, pages 88-9)",,17976,"","""Those who were well acquainted with the world and the Court, agreed, that the heart of woman was an inexplicable abyss; and all remarked the novelty of this sentiment.""","",2010-07-17 15:45:25 UTC,Con. XIV
7092,"",Searching in Google Books,2011-09-14 18:01:13 UTC,"But these negroes, say they, are a race of men born for slavery; their dispositions are narrow, treacherous, and wicked; they themselves allow the superiority of our understandings, and almost acknowledge the justice of our authority.
The minds of the negroes are contracted; because slavery destroys all the springs of the soul. They are wicked; but not sufficiently so with you. They are treacherous, because they are under no obligation to speak truth to their tyrants. They acknowledge the superiority of our understandings; because we have abused their ignorance; they allow the justice of our authority; because we have abused their weakness. I might as well say, that the Indians are a species of men born to be crushed to death; because there are fanatics among them, who throw themselves under the wheels of their idol's car betore the temple of Jaguernat.
(p. 171)",,19160,"","""The minds of the negroes are contracted; because slavery destroys all the springs of the soul.""","",2011-09-14 18:01:13 UTC,Miscellaneous Essays
7177,"",Reading in ECCO,2012-01-24 21:55:53 UTC,"But the wild passions, once broke loose, to check
Surpass'd his pow'r, or the slack'd reins recall.
The pilot, when th' outrageous tempest roars,
If once the helm he quite, in vain exhorts
His mariners the swelling sails to furl:
Vain all their art: precipitately drives
The wand'ring bark, as winds and waves command.
Or when a lofty mound with massy pride
Hath long withstood the lashing surge's rage;
At the first breach the torrent bursts it's way
With rapid fury impetuous, uncontroll'd.
Thus your deluded Chief, Heav'ns sacred awe
Subvertng, pav'd the fatal way to vice.
And where's the boasted liberty of man?
Chang'd are his lords indeed; and tyrant Lust
Usurps the just supremacy of Heav'n.
(p. 7)",,19530,"","""But the wild passions, once broke loose, to check / Surpass'd his pow'r, or the slack'd reins recall.""",Beasts,2013-11-27 19:20:06 UTC,""
7177,"",Reading in ECCO,2012-01-24 21:57:37 UTC,"But the wild passions, once broke loose, to check
Surpass'd his pow'r, or the slack'd reins recall.
The pilot, when th' outrageous tempest roars,
If once the helm he quite, in vain exhorts
His mariners the swelling sails to furl:
Vain all their art: precipitately drives
The wand'ring bark, as winds and waves command.
Or when a lofty mound with massy pride
Hath long withstood the lashing surge's rage;
At the first breach the torrent bursts it's way
With rapid fury impetuous, uncontroll'd.
Thus your deluded Chief, Heav'ns sacred awe
Subvertng, pav'd the fatal way to vice.
And where's the boasted liberty of man?
Chang'd are his lords indeed; and tyrant Lust
Usurps the just supremacy of Heav'n.
(p. 7)",,19531,"","""And where's the boasted liberty of man? / Chang'd are his lords indeed; and tyrant Lust / Usurps the just supremacy of Heav'n.""","",2012-01-24 21:57:37 UTC,""
7672,"","Searching ""testimony"" and ""senses"" in ECCO-TCP",2013-09-18 04:06:01 UTC,"Is it difficult to perceive that our ideas originate from our senses alone; that the objects we regard as real existences, are those concerning which the senses uniformly give the same testimony; that the objects we apprehend as having a real existence, are those which are invariably presented to us in the same manner; that the mode in which they present themselves has no dependence upon our will or inclination; that, of course, our ideas, instead of being the causes of things, are only particular effects, which become less similar to the objects themselves, in proportion as they are rendered more general; and, lastly, that mental abstractions are only negative beings, which derive their intellectual existence from the faculty we possess of considering objects, without regarding their sensible qualities.
(II.v, pp. 67-8)",,22776,GENERAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS.,"""Is it difficult to perceive that our ideas originate from our senses alone; that the objects we regard as real existences, are those concerning which the senses uniformly give the same testimony.""",Court,2013-09-18 04:06:01 UTC,Chapter 5