 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
 | American periodicals - 1873 - 880 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...which converts to Methodism usually are, when smitten bv their first "conviction of sin." In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 936 pages
...of sin " made aj\ ft in i In' wholeness of his faith in his mission. "It was in the autumn of 182(3. 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 all... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1909 - 508 pages
...existence. But the time came when I awakened from this as from a dream. It was 88 in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody...occasionally liable to; unsusceptible to enjoyment or pleasureable excitement; one of those moods when what is pleasure at other times, becomes insipid or... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1909 - 488 pages
...existence. But the time came when I awakened from this as from a dream. It was in the autumn of i820.\. J was in a dull state of nerves,] such as everybody...occasionally liable to; unsusceptible to enjoyment or pleasureable excitement; one of those moods when what is pleasure at other times, becomes insipid or... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - English language - 1913 - 512 pages
...existence. But the time came when I awakened from this as from a 20 dream. It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody...insipid or indifferent; the state, I should think, 25 in which converts to Methodism usually are, when smitten by their first " conviction of sin." In... | |
 | Horace James Bridges - Christianity - 1915 - 324 pages
...existence. But the time came when I awakened from this as from a dream. It was in the autumn of I826.1 I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody...are, when smitten by their first "conviction of sin." 2 In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all... | |
 | Horace James Bridges - Christianity - 1915 - 338 pages
...existence. But the tune came when I awakened from this as from a dream. It was in the autumn of I826.1 I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody...times, becomes insipid or indifferent; the state, 7 should think, in which converts to Methodism usually are, when smitten by their first "conviction... | |
 | Horace James Bridges - Christianity - 1915 - 324 pages
...existence. But the time came when I awakened from this as from a dream. It was in the autumn of 1826. 1 I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody...one of those moods when what is pleasure at other tunes, becomes insipid or indifferent; the state, 7 should think, in which comer ts to Methodism usually... | |
 | James Henry Snowden - Christian life - 1916 - 418 pages
...interesting chapter in his Autobiography entitled " A Crisis in My Mental History." " I was in," he says, " a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally...state, I should think, in which converts to Methodism are when smitten by their first ' conviction of sin.' In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put... | |
 | Nannie Niemeyer - Child development - 1921 - 228 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...unsusceptible to enjoyment or pleasurable excitement. . . . In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question to myself : ' Suppose . . . that... | |
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