 I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible to enjoyment or pleasurable excitement ; one of those moods when what is pleasure at other times becomes insipid or indifferent ; the state I should think in...  The Burlington: A High-class Monthly Magazine - Page 71edited by - 1881Full view - About this book
 | 1874 - 596 pages
...from the morbid brain of Rousseau. 'It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to; unsusceptible...are, when smitten by their first "conviction of sin." In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to mysi-lf : " Suppose that "... | |
 | 1873 - 824 pages
...chapter entitled ' A Crisis in my Mental History—one Stags Onward.' I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible...when smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself : ' Suppose that all... | |
 | 1873 - 892 pages
...awakened from this as from a dream. It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible...should think, in which converts to Methodism usually arc, when smitten by their first "conviction of sin." In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economists - 1873 - 344 pages
...awakened from this as from a dream. It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible...those moods when what is pleasure at other times, bedomes insipid or indifferent ; the state, I should think, in which converts to Methodism usually... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1874 - 618 pages
...I awakened from it as from a dream. It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible...when smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' * " In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself : ' Suppose that... | |
 | 1874 - 332 pages
...crisis through which he passed : — " It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible...when smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself, ' Suppose that all... | |
 | 1874 - 1020 pages
...awakened from this as from a dream. It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible...when smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself : ' Suppose that all... | |
 | James Simson - American literature - 1875 - 222 pages
...the year 1826 " I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to . . ; the state, I should think, in which converts to Methodism...are, when smitten by their first 'conviction of sin' [as if he knew anything about that subject]. In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 1072 pages
...awakened from this as from, a dream. It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible,...when smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself, ' Suppose that all... | |
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