 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...  Fraser's Magazine - Page 6671873Full view - About this book
 | 1873 - 892 pages
...existence. But the time came when I 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...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
...existence. But the time came when I 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...those moods when what is pleasure at other times, bedomes insipid or indifferent ; the state, I should think, in which converts to Methodism usually... | |
 | James Simson - American literature - 1875 - 222 pages
...conception of my own happiness was entirely identified with this object" (p. 132). But in 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 usually are, when smitten by their... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1877 - 906 pages
...state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible to pleasure or enjoyment; the state, I should think, in which converts to Methodism...when smitten by their first 'conviction of sin.' " In itself this was an intelligible *p. 133. This was in 1826. and harmless ailment, a pathological condition... | |
 | Criticism - 1877 - 824 pages
...occasionally liable to; unsasceptible to pleasure or enjoyment; the state, I should think, "i which con verts to Methodism usually are, when smitten by their first 'conviction of sin.'" In itself this was an intelligible * p. 133. This waa in 1826. and harmless ailment, a pathological condition... | |
 | Literature - 1874 - 784 pages
...It was in th« autumn of 1826. He was in a dull state of nerves, in a generally depressed state, " the state, I should think, in which converts to Methodism...when smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' " We hardly know what induced Mr. Mill to add this, whether by way of condescension to his less illuminated... | |
 | Helen Mathers - English literature - 1881 - 408 pages
...is an extract from that work : — " It was in the autumn of 1826, 1 was in a dull state of health, such as everybody is occasionally liable to; unsusceptible...when smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' At first I hoped the cloud would pass away of itself, but it did not. A night's sleep, the sovereign... | |
 | Noah Porter - Philosophy - 1882 - 528 pages
...was in the autumn of 1826. He was in a dull state of nerves, in a generally depressed state, — " the state, I should think, in which converts to Methodism...when smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' " We hardly know what induced Mr. Mill to add this, — whether by way of condescension to his less... | |
 | Henry Fisher Bland - Pastoral theology - 1883 - 140 pages
...But the time came when I was awakened from this as from a dream. It was in the autumn of 1826. I was unsusceptible to enjoyment or pleasurable excitement...smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' " In this depressed state of mind he continued for six months. All his notions of happiness were shattered like... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 924 pages
...of sin " made a rift in the wholeness of his faith in his mission. " It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody...pleasure at other times becomes insipid or indifferent. .... In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself, ' Suppose that... | |
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