| 单词 | reflexion |
| 例句 | And then it hits me, in a moment of selfless reflexion that atypical in a narcissistic profession such as writing: The single best moment of the weekend was seeing Victoria enjoy herself. Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming one of many sights at Churchill Downs 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z "We all depend dreadfully on each other. We live in a world of looking-glasses, and it is the mind - not the face - which is given back to us by the reflexions." The most fashionable Englishwoman in Paris - BBC News 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z We go further and ask if it is admissible to think that their example, dealing the last blow at the imputations of the past, may give some Europeans food for fresh reflexion? The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Consequently, the succession of the parts in the reflexion will be reversed, as may best be seen in the reflexion of the face of a watch or of a manuscript. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z But if we are to admit the human point of view, a glance at the facts of embryology must produce very uncomfortable reflexions. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z She put no obstacles in His way, because she had no will apart from His, her zeal was only a reflexion of His. Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent 2012-03-23T02:00:31.917Z Is it not possible that the simpler instincts of men,—instincts with a history as ludicrous as Anthropologists sometimes sketch for us,—may after all come nearer the truth of things than semi-Stoic reflexion? The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The struggle between the two nationalities, the Celt and the Frank, found a reflexion in the sphere of religion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Yet there is a difference between the object and its reflexion in the mirror, which you will readily observe. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z In time, the mind comes to reflect on its own operations, about the ideas got by sensation, and thereby stores itself with a new set of ideas, which I call ideas of reflexion. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z She paused in her walk before a mirror and shook her head at the pale and drawn reflexion. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Like other youths of genius, he had had thoughts of suicide, but on reflexion, he tells us, he decided to live, and his reason was characteristic. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z But more widespread perhaps than any belief, from its simplicity doubtless, is the idea that the body’s shadow or reflexion is the soul. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The reason of this difference between the object and its reflexion is simple. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z After a moment's reflexion, he spoke, not angrily but seriously. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z So strongly indeed was this fact impressed upon me, when I first detected it, that I shall perhaps be excused for recapitulating in extenso the few reflexions which then suggested themselves to my mind. On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera 2012-01-17T03:00:21.933Z How true all this is will be seen by a moment's reflexion on the abundance of signs, omens and dreams that historians so different as Livy and Plutarch record. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z He presents his own simple experience and emotions, uncoloured by idealising fancy or reflexion, and the world accepts this as among the truest of all records of human feeling. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The reflexion appears as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The reason for this becomes clear, after some reflexion. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z One side of the edifice was, at that moment, illuminated by a bright reflexion from the red evening sky. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z These reflexions and a hundred more had flowed freely through his mind for several days before his call in Jermyn Street, and they had engendered a lively indignation and a bitter sense of wrong. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Other passages are an immediate reflexion of the disturbance and alarm of the times in which the poem was written. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z A landscape on the shores of a lake with its reflexion in the water, is a system of horizontal symmetry. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Mary, after taking plenty of time for reflexion, and without any solicitation, deliberately gives herself to her lover, in a manner exactly similar to a scene in Maupassant's novel, Notre Cœur. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Alone, and a prisoner, the first reflexion that found way through her disturbance, served less to diminish her terrour than to awaken new alarm. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Mrs. Westgate hereupon averted herself, but after a moment’s reflexion met the case. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The political reflexions in the poem, as for instance that at v. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The left eye is the reflexion of the right. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Yet, upon more mature reflexion, she enquired by what right she expected kinder treatment. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z This reflexion destroyed all her composure; and every strong passion, every turbulent emotion, resumed its empire over her mind. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z “Do you expect them to give us a very grand reception?” p. 296She reflected a moment; she was addicted, as we know, to fine reflexion. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The facility of expressing reflexion appears much more developed in Terence. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z You know that the reflexion of an object in a mirror has a great likeness to the object itself. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Standing in the candle-light by the window, where a million rainwashed stars twinkled in the depthless ocean of the night, I rested my brow against the cool, glazed pane, lost in most bitter reflexion. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The numerous enquiries which the patient had made, furnished him with materials for reflexion. Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-23T02:00:29.227Z “It’s another trap!” he said to himself instinctively; but in spite of this reflexion he went upstairs. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z His characters are interesting and amusing in themselves; they are never used as the mere mouthpieces of the writer's reflexion, wit, or sentiment. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The parts of the object, accordingly, which are nearest the mirror will also be nearest the mirror in the reflexion. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z When they stepped into the street it rained and the sky was black; only the reflexion of the gas-lit town faintly illuminated the sky. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z There might have been matter for observation, or ridicule, or reflexion, at the moment, but nothing that I remember with pleasure. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z In the midst of these reflexions he had an inspiration. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z They are products of analysis and reflexion, not of bold invention and creative sympathy. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z For you could never use the reflexion of your right glove, if it were present to you as a real thing, for covering your right hand, but only for covering your left. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z This reflexion was apparently made by way of an introduction to the waltz which he immediately after danced with the girl who brought the bowl. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z On reflexion, it will be perceived that the most signal deformities of codices b א d l are instances of Omission. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z As she made this reflexion it of course never occurred to her that she herself might suffer true measurement, for she was not a sacrificial lamb. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Your face, my Lord, mirrors, it may be, true love for me, but it is even as a mirror long tarnished by the reflexion of this world's vanity. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z We may observe on the cardboard the reflexion and diffraction of the head-wave, and by means of a flame its refraction, so that no doubt as to its nature can remain. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Between this ever-shifting splendour and the peaty mirror of Lake Mareotis, stood the white mass of the town, bathed in red and violet reflexions. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Do not suffer your Mind to dwell on unpleasant reflexions—that sort of thing has been the destruction of my health. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Further reflexion would perhaps have suggested to him that she might yet become a feature in the record that so spread itself. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z But though loaded with reflexion it never, like Browning’s later works, ceases to be poetical, and it must be ranked very nearly at the head of its author’s writings. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z The preceding observations suggest quite analogous reflexions for projectiles. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The people were pious and loyal, they loved their princes as themselves, they were permeated with the sublimity of the monarchical idea, they saw in it a reflexion of the Deity. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Adam’s dream will do here, and seems to be a Conviction that Imagination and its empyreal reflexion, is the same as human life and its spiritual repetition. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Littlemore made these reflexions while the friend in possession faced him without sign of departure. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The reason is that in him the spirit of reflexion predominates unduly over the spirit of action. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z And the light-feeling retina of the left eye is a reflexion of the light-feeling retina of the right, in all its functions. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z After these judicious reflexions, I sat down to finish the sketch. The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z Still I'll draw you a glass which will pay for inspection, As whene'er it is looked at it yields some reflexion. The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook 2011-03-13T03:00:22.773Z A night of reflexion had worn the edge from my indignation, and I admitted that, from an artistic point of view, the verses were perhaps not so hopeless as I had thought them. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z If that glass could only publish its reflexions during the past century, what an entertaining work on the curiosities of literature and of life it might make! My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Look at the reflexion of your piano in the mirror. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z With this pleasant thought in mind, sitting on my truckle bed opposite the window, I gave myself up to a thousand philosophical reflexions of varying degrees of cheerfulness. The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z The existence of a boundary to the solid body has another effect, besides reflexion, upon the propagation of waves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z And yet it was morning now and the wintry reflexion of the snow, a little faded by the first touch of the thaw, fell shrill into the narrow closet, without any shade of mystery.... Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z Somerfield coolly passed the boy, hung up his hat on the stand, straightening his tie in the glass, with a smile at his languid reflexion. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z In all these cases the asterism is due to the reflexion of light from twin-lamellae or from fine tubular cavities or thin enclosures definitely arranged in the stone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Virgil’s materials are gathered from study and reflexion, not from strong and many-sided contact with life. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The mind is like a double mirror, in which reflexions of self within self multiply themselves till they are undistinguishable, and the first reflexion contains all the rest. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent I fancy the Welsh proverb, “Who would have thought the cuckoo would sing on the turf-heaps of the mountains,” is a poetic reflexion of this thought. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History This last reflexion invariably came to strengthen her resolves, when a doubt would arise to combat them. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales In red corundum the stellate reflexion is less common, and hence the star-ruby occasionally found with the star-sapphire in Ceylon is among the most valued of “fancy stones.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It was of composite growth, made up of many incongruous elements, the product rather of antiquarian learning and reflexion than of creative imagination. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil For in June 1692, I saw by reflexion in a Vessel of stagnating Water three Halos, Crowns, or Rings of Colours about the Sun, like three little Rain-bows, concentrick to his Body. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light The men hurried away, leaving their irate shipmate to his own reflexions. By Right of Conquest A Novel But for one Frenchman who can write admirably in this strain there are a hundred who can tell the most admirable story, formulate the most pregnant reflexion, point the acutest jest. A Short History of French Literature The brilliant edges of the clouds all assist the general illumination; and all objects in the light, will participate of their colour from reflexion. The Use of a Box of Colours In a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour. Virgil’s condensation of expression often resembles that of Tacitus, and seems to arise from the same cause, the restraint imposed by reflexion on the exuberance of a poetical imagination. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The second bow is merely the reflexion of the first. Niagara An Aboriginal Center of Trade Certainly," replied the other, "and not only this, but all serious reflexions lead to the great question. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels Adam’s dream will do here: and seems to be a conviction that imagination, and its empyreal reflexion, is the same as human life, and its spiritual repetition.” Life of John Keats Then comes reflexion: we pass in review all the circumstances of our new happiness; we compare it in detail with our former condition; and each of these thoughts becomes a fresh enjoyment. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Some conjectures will then be offered with regard to the causes of neglecting this useful study: to which will be subjoined a few reflexions on the peculiar propriety of reviving it in our own universities. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First Superficially it does not appear to be present, but a little reflexion shows that it is there. The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races An Interpretation My sisters, as they came to the age of reflexion, considered me as a degenerate creature, unsusceptible of any thing good; it was what they heard every hour, they could not help believing it. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels The production of both bows is due to the refraction and reflexion of light, the drops of rain forming, in fact, the prism which decomposes the white light of the sun. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World With even a little reflexion, can any one tolerate it? The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 It was under the influence of this last reflexion that Densher again delayed; and it was while he delayed that something else occurred to him. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Nearly all beginners have a vexatious tendency to go off into superfluous digressions, heaping up reflexion and information that have no bearing on theviii main subject. Introduction to the Study of History In some instances it was produced by an intensity of zeal; in the greater number it proceeded from coldness of imagination and incapacity for philosophical reflexion. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels Hence the secondary is formed in the outside of the primary bow, with its colours reversed, in consequence of their being produced by two reflexions and two refractions. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World This is rather a mistake from failure in reflexion than in benevolence. Brief Reflections relative to the Emigrant French Clergy Aunt Maud's own face for that matter met the enquiry with a consciousness in which he saw a reflexion of events. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Me thinks, I say, that these changes are considerable enough in the force of the reflexions of Light to be observed, since we see so many differences of Lights in the Moon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World A discovery which is the result of good sense and reflexion may equally occur to the most distant nations, without either borrowing from the other. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton The colours of the secondary bow are much fainter than those of the primary, because they undergo two reflexions instead of one. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World I shall not indulge in any moral reflexions on persecution. The Acts of Uniformity Their Scope and Effect She takes it as 'of a natural' that at this rate I shall be making my reflexions about you. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II So he gave up his "glass works"; and proceeded to think of reflexion from metal specula. Pioneers of Science Few, I suppose, would be hardy enough to print reflexions on the conduct of government, or its principal officers, as such publications would be attended with certain ruin. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Paragot had the aristocratic, artistic scorn of it; and I, as I have said before, was the pale reflexion of Paragot. The Belovéd Vagabond I repeated, trying to speak as cheerfully as I could, and describing the reflexion of his own face as nearly as I could. Mugby Junction But he couldn't be invidious, even to profit by so high a tide; he felt himself too much "in" it, as he might have said: a moment's reflexion put him more in than any one. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light. The Library of William Congreve The result was the actual made real, a reflexion which was a disclosure, a reproduction which was a recreation. Appearances Being Notes of Travel I owe to your father the first serious reflexions upon life and the nature of it which have followed me for more than fifty years. Old Familiar Faces I saw the reflexion of my friend’s face change, and felt his hand clutch my arm even more tightly than he had done before. Mugby Junction His ears, in solitude, were apt to burn with the reflexion that Mrs. Lowder had simply tested him, seen him as he was and made out what could be done with him. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Neither his motion, or aspect are regular, but he mooues by the vpper spheres, and is the reflexion of higher substances. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters In his reflexions, he characterized Reanda as a rare combination of the great artist and the gentleman. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Erysipelas being commonly the reflexion of an internal disease with a peculiar tendency towards the skin, should not be treated locally alone, but with due regard for the original disease. Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms Had he changed reflexions with some other man? Mugby Junction Still he only showed her his flushed strained smile; in spite of which, speaking with force and as if he must with a minute's reflexion see what she meant, she turned away from him. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II He believed in impulse, in inspiration, in action, rather than in reflexion, analysis and logic. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' He mentally added the reflexion that she must have good nerves, and that most young girls would be at home with a headache after such a narrow escape as hers. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Hence, by reflexion, it comes, through the operation of social justice, to recommend sacrifices by oneself, but all ethics, however refined, remains more or less subjective. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays It is probable that the words are a quotation from a Greek poet, perhaps a "comic" poet; the "comedies" being full of neatly expressed reflexions. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians The minute's reflexion he was of course more free to take after he had left the house. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II This reflexion of the upper margin of the lower jaw is plainly connected with the singularly wide gape of the mouth, as has been described in runts, carriers, and barbs. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. There was not a trace of philosophical speculation in his reflexions, or they would have lasted longer. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 These reflexions, which ought to have inspired me with horror for M. Fouch�, had on me an opposite effect: I was staggered by the enormity of the crime I ascribed to him. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II Our studies in the Epistle shall close with that reflexion. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians But beyond that natural image of God, as we may call it, there is something else which fades wholly with the first breath of evil, like the reflexion of the sky on some windless sea. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John The curvature of the lower jaw and the reflexion of its upper margin, as well as the gape of the mouth, differ in a highly remarkable manner. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. She wondered whether Gloria's mother had not been an actress; which was a curious reflexion, considering that the dead woman had been of her own house and name. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 A glass is to them, what reflexion is to a thinking person; it serves to make them acquainted with their defects, and to correct them. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing How impressive is the permanence of every written reflexion of the mind, and of the life! Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians How we wince at our reflexions and still go on in the same courses! how we resolve and break our resolutions! The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) This, however, is merely a question of opening a Latin or Greek dictionary, if we have not time for the moment's reflexion which would serve the same purpose. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) As he sat in his room he realized all this, and more, for he knew that on calm reflexion he meant to do what he had that morning threatened in his haste. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 It is that through which we perceive and apprehend all other things; and nothing becomes part of our knowledge but as it has been shaped and coloured by its magic reflexion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 His memory and reflexion are full of them. Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians The Bishop’s advice or his own reflexion may have induced Mr. Perceval to soften it. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) As he was indulging in these melancholy reflexions he came round a bend in the road, and discovered two people in the very act of having lunch. The Magic Pudding Had it indeed been with no other purpose than to introduce the picturesque description and the moral reflexions contained in the following section, the improbability might well be forgiven. Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. To Bergson, in his recent work L'Evolution Créatrice, evolution consists in an élan de vie which to our fragmentary observation and analytic reflexion appears as broken into a manifold of elements and processes. Evolution in Modern Thought On the other hand, good-humoured enthusiasts, Teutomaniacs by upbringing and freethinkers by reflexion, seek for our history of freedom beyond our history in the Teutonic primeval woods. Selected Essays I saw this done in one case for the removal of a shrapnel bullet from the lower reflexion of the pleura on account of fixed pain and tenderness complained of by the patient. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre I do not like anything that may throw reflexion on Andrews, and I will press him to come homewards. Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc It is, indeed, a matter for profound reflexion. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order All science is but the partial reflexion in the reason of man, of the great all-pervading reason of the universe. On the Genesis of Species The most decisive expression of the English insight into pauperism—we refer always to the insight of the English bourgeoisie and government—is English political economy, that is the scientific reflexion of English economic conditions. Selected Essays The glass is not white, as in European carriage windows, but dark blue or green, otherwise the reflexion of the sunlight from the ground would be too dazzling. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People In all this there is no reflexion or commentary by the author. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature In the second place, I derive a ready consolation from the memory of my own dangers, of which I see a reflexion in your fortunes. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order All science is but the partial reflexion in the reason of man, of the great all-pervading reason of the universe. On the Genesis of Species By a parity of reasoning religious divine right has made the secular conditions of which it constitutes a fantastic and glorified reflexion. Selected Essays Nick, after reflexion, judged it best not to refuse, so that he passed, in the event, four days under his cousin's roof. The Tragic Muse The Knight's Tale is a complete and perfect version of a medieval romance, worked out with all the resources of Chaucer's literary study and reflexion; tested and considered and corrected in every possible way. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature You yourself said at the time that my speech was not merely complimentary to you, but absolutely a reflexion on your colleagues. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order What, then, were the reflexions which, now settled in Paris, and secure from the rough world in the recesses of Mme de Sablé's salon, the Duke began to fashion and to polish? Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France After a moment, as the result of some private reflexion, he propounded this question: "Is the son of the lady of the house a handsome young man, very polite, in a white vest?" The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) At the moment he made this reflexion his eye fell upon a person who appeared—just in the first glimpse—to carry out the idea of help. The Tragic Muse He himself, by nature, took things easy; if he had put on the screw of late, it was after reflexion, and because circumstances pressed him close. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) On reflexion, however, the following ideas occurred to me. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order The least reflexion on the temper, the character, and the education of women, makes the mind revolt with horror from an idea so improbable, and so unnatural. Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies But that reflexion was absent now, and in its absence he saw only the fact that his companion had been odiously perverted. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) He had never proceeded in any ironic way from the particular to the general; certainly he had never made a reflexion upon anything so unparliamentary as Life. The Tragic Muse "You must allow me the honour of taking you home, madam; I will tell you who I am," Basil Ransom said, in obedience to a rapid reflexion. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Accordingly, all composition or reflexion I reserve for the hour of my walk. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Your poor maiden is oddly touch'd; a mirror Sure would lend her a soberer reflexion. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus He made the reflexion, as he went, that to see a place for the first time at night is like reading a foreign author in a translation. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) It was as if experience, though coming to him in abundance, had dealt with him so clean-handedly as to leave no stain, and had moreover never provoked him to any general reflexion. The Tragic Muse I need not reproduce it in extenso; a pale reflexion of it will serve. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Laying aside, therefore, reflexions of this kind as irrelevant and unjust, we may ask whether there are any other faults which may fairly be found with him. Gibbon As we look out of a railway carriage in an express train, the present is past before reflexion can seize it. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Yet the act of reflexion was not suspended; he found himself rejoicing that she was so weak in argument, so inevitably verbose. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Her view of the gentleman's companions was less operative, save for her soon making the reflexion that they were people whom in any country, from China to Peru, you would immediately have taken for natives. The Tragic Muse This reflexion overtook him just as he reached Olive's house, which, oddly enough, he was obliged to pass on his way to the mysterious suburb. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Shakespeare's greatest tragedies abound in passages of deep reflexion upon life, death, and the problems of right and wrong. The Growth of English Drama This theory of reflexion is the incubus which clogs the question with such formidable difficulties; for, it follows, that the reflecting matter must come from the comet. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Olive kept these reflexions to herself, but she went so far as to say to her sister that she didn't see where the "pique" came in. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Like most other men he was a mixture of impulse and reflexion, but was peculiar in this, that thinking things over almost always made him think less conveniently. The Tragic Muse Verena's genius was a mystery, and it might remain a mystery; it was impossible to see how this charming, blooming, simple creature, all youth and grace and innocence, got her extraordinary powers of reflexion. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) I will plunge reflexion like a sword in their reins; and so soon as they shall know the reality of things, they will be unhappy. The Well of Saint Clare Amid these reflexions, which were favoured by a slow pace, the report of fire-arms was all at once heard: the column halted. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 The beauty of spring was to them but a reflexion of another beauty. The Evolution of Love The case is so very contingent, so dependent on what you ingeniously call your further reflexion. The Tragic Muse Basil thought she had an engaging exterior; it was his private reflexion, coloured doubtless by "sectional" prejudice, that she was the first pretty girl he had seen in Boston. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) A saying of St. Paul which he himself gives out as mysterious, stating that all Israel will be saved, has provided much food for reflexion. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil At this season of the year the reflexion from the ice and snow is so intense as to occasion almost total blindness. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. These reflexions roused him to action, and produced a scheme worthy of himself. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II If it's a question of further reflexion why did you drag me up here? The Tragic Muse Verena's initial appearance in Boston, as he called her performance at Miss Birdseye's, had been a great success; and this reflexion added, as I say, to his habitually sacerdotal expression. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Let us then by our reflexion supply what is lacking in our perception, in order to make the good of health more discernible. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil The two houses belonging to the Borghese family shall conclude my first journey to Rome, and with that the first volume of my observations and reflexions. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I There is an air of flippancy about that reflexion of Coles you will never find in Sir Kenelm. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Sublime if it's done with spontaneity, with passion; ridiculous if it's done 'after further reflexion.' The Tragic Muse Posteriorly, the capsule is very heavy and forms a sort of padding over the irregular surfaces of the bones, and also its reflexions constitute the sheaths of the flexor tendons. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 I could not but reply in a suitable way to expressions so civil and to reflexions so instructive as his. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil There is, I think, a very pretty Sunday reflexion for you, Lucy. The History of Emily Montague Such reflexions will have served their purpose if they give us some clear sense of what we have to understand as the effect of the social movement on religion. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Nash indeed was as true as ever to his genius while he lolled on a divan and emitted a series of reflexions that were even more ingenious than opportune. The Tragic Muse The general opinion of those around him was, that he brought on this malady, so destructive to the majesty of man, by his serious and sorrowful reflexions on his former career of iniquity. The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) The notices it contains of authors and thinkers are little more than pegs upon which Bayle could hang his philosophical reflexions. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Fresnel founded his theory of double refraction and reflexion by transparent surfaces, on the hypothesis that the vibration of a ray of polarized light is perpendicular to the plane of polarization. The New Physics and Its Evolution All the world, including man, is but the reflexion, the revelation in forms of the finite, of an unceasing action of thought of which the ego is the object. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Certain it is that when motors began to drench the countryside in dust and suppress reflexion by providing our afterthoughts with transport, Dalmatians disappeared. Balloons Such reflexions must have filled his mind; nor was it possible that he should have driven them away. Sermons on Various Important Subjects He also sent them to Locke, hoping that Locke would write a reply, and that Leibniz's reflexions and Locke's reply might be appended to the projected French translation. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil But we have shown that in our way of explaining reflexion, such a thing could not arise from the matter of the mirror, and it is entirely impossible. Treatise on Light The philosophy, however, even of the learned, would, in the main, have supported the views above described, from the dawn of reflexion almost to our own time. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Measuring low angles by reflexion.--an ordinary artificial horizon is useless for very low angles. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Here it was a time of sanity and order, as contrasted with the disorder in Rome; of pause and reflexion compared with the action and extravagance of the preceding Chinese age. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 It is the same with happiness: without reflexion there is none. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Similarly the waves that are folded back in reflexion by a concave spherical mirror can be found. Treatise on Light Nothing could be more enlightening than is reflexion upon this reading of the ever-changing ideals of man's life into Christianity, or of Christianity into the ever-advancing ideals of man's life. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant These rules may be accepted as a true reflexion of what was taught to the people by stringent Brahmanism as yet holding aloof from Hinduism. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow It may be so; and such a view may even be the reflexion of the Nazarene Master's own opinion as to Tiberius. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 We must have recourse to reflexion or to meditation in order to effect this discrimination. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil The 4th oval, serving only for impossible reflexions, there is no need to set it forth. Treatise on Light We shall not be wrong, therefore, in saying that the decade following 1825 saw the beginnings in Britain of more formal reflexion upon all the aspects of the theme with which we are concerned. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Both Thales and Parmenides were indeed anticipated by Hindu sages, and the Eleatic school seems to be but a reflexion of the Upanishads. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow There were fiery reflexions in the windows of the city; to the left, in the direction of the Faubourg de la Cassine, it seemed as if a house was burning. The Downfall I find in the arguments that have just been quoted nothing which these reflexions fail to satisfy. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Now it is apparent here that the angle of reflexion is made equal to the angle of incidence. Treatise on Light The Fourth Gospel represents the beginning of elaborate reflexion upon the life and work of Jesus. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant One has to get the reflexion of the book, and not a mere comment on it, down on paper. The Art of Letters The injustice of our conduct, and barbarity of our neglect, when this reflexion is allowed to predominate, becomes so glaringly conspicuous, as even to excite, against ourselves, the strongest emotion of detestation and abhorrence. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 The bishop does not appear to have taken notice of this reflexion, which Mr. Hobbes also does not develop enough. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil And experiment shows that in fact there is no polished body the reflexion of which does not follow this rule. Treatise on Light Theological study had henceforth nothing to do but to avoid extremes and seek to make this image, which reflexion upon two polar opposites had yielded, as nearly thinkable as possible. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Simply, on the reflexion that, up to the summer of 1800, there was no union with Ireland: since August of that 1800, this great change had been made. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Tis an ungrateful reflexion that all this frippery and effected finery, can only he supported by the sweat of another person's brow, and consequently only by lawful rapine and injustice. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 And I do not know if it would be easy, apart from the reflexions we have just entertained, to untie the Gordian knot of contingency and freedom. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Experience, moreover, teaches us that these two reflexions are of nearly equal force, and that in different transparent bodies they are so much the stronger as the refraction of these bodies is the greater. Treatise on Light There is a reflexion of the consciousness of this fact in his agnosticism. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Another opinion was that the reflexion of the sun-beams gave a red colour to this sea. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time His intelligence was better employed with his work, and his reflexions concerning Maria Consuelo chiefly occupied his hours of rest. Don Orsino And so we shall discover, if we pursue our train of reflexion a little further. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Thus one sees manifestly that the reflexion of glass is stronger than that of water, and that of diamond stronger than that of glass. Treatise on Light It has clothed with a divine authoritativeness, overriding the mature reflexion and laborious investigation of learned men, that which was, after all, nothing but the innocent imaginings of the childhood of the race. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Such is the substantial part of Mr. Palmer's account, omitting his own fears and congratulations, and his "most painful reflexions on the sufferings of the shipwrecked." A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 Occasionally he found a little comfort in the reflexion that the night could not last for ever. Don Orsino They are sheer datum for us, and so are those reflexions of our environment which they mediate to us. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil The feelings that we sympathize with, are themselves moral feelings already; if it were not so, the reflexion of them from a thousand breasts would not give them a moral nature. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Similar is the issue in the reflexion of Huxley. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant How dreadful must have been his reflexions at the time his ship was going down! A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 It is true that the face is the reflexion of the soul. The Author's Craft This handsome species is of a rich fulvous hue, with dark chestnut bands and a deep chestnut umbilicus, partly covered by the reflexion of the nearly black lip. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 Moral Enjoyments, from the consciousness of good affections and actions, when by close reflexion we have attained just notions of virtue and merit, rank highest of all, as well in dignity as in duration. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics I simply go on, day after day, plodding the appointed round, without reflexion, without reason, simply because I have to. The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue In such a case the new ethical reflexion may have a disintegrating effect upon the traditional code, and give to the movement the character and importance of a revolution. Recent Tendencies in Ethics He no doubt hoped that these reflexions, into which he had distilled some of his most insidious venom, might, under cover of the rest, pass unobserved. Books and Characters French and English And so, with reflexions of this kind, the annoyance of a good-natured man subsided. Fenwick's Career As regards fortune, how can we account for the regard paid to the rich and powerful, but from the reflexion to the mind of prosperity, happiness, ease, plenty, authority, and the gratification of every appetite. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics The reflexion of the day had only filled her with a passionate and fierce regret. The Story of Bessie Costrell But there is a further point in Nietzsche's reflexions which is suggested by the theory of development. Recent Tendencies in Ethics This reflexion inspired him with a resolution of making an effort of the same kind; but as curiosity was no more to be excited by novelty, the attempt was without success. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. But in her reflexions of the night, Eugénie came to the conclusion that the situation, as it then stood at Versailles, was not one to be prolonged. Fenwick's Career It seems to me that, on a little reflexion, we are led to adopt the former alternative. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics The dean afterwards remarks, 'that an opinion obtained, that in this opera, there appears to be some reflexions on courtiers and statesmen. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV In the second place, the discussion of the principle of natural selection suggests a further reflexion. Recent Tendencies in Ethics By reflexions of this sort, says lord Orrery, we may account for his disappointment of an English bishopric. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. "They seize the compendious blessing without exertion and without reflexion." The Grammar of English Grammars Another characteristic of acts which we praise or blame, in the case of others, or approve or disapprove, on reflexion, in our own case, seems to be that they must possess some importance. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics In his reflexions on Pope's Essay on Criticism, he uses the following unmannerly epithets. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV The incoherence of popular opinions about morality is a potent stimulus to reflexion, and may of itself give rise to systematic ethical enquiry. Recent Tendencies in Ethics If due reflexions upon Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell, will not reclaim men from their vices, nothing will. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. At the edge of the streamlet she knelt, and she was looking with a species of startled shy astonishment at the reflexion of her face in the limpid brown water. The Purple Cloud And, any way, a little reflexion might show that the apparently benevolent intention comes into collision with a very extensive and very stringent social obligation, that of not impairing our confidence in one another's assertions. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics In the same volume is a tract entitled The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, which contained reflexions against some ecclesiastics in power, for breathing too much a spirit of perfection. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV The former influences are more constantly at work: they supply the facts for all ethical reflexion. Recent Tendencies in Ethics But he had not much time for reflexion. Taquisara “Yes, poor thing!” and the girl sighed with a suggestion of many reflexions, some of them mitigating. The Lesson of the Master All that I have said of the praise or blame, the applause or censure, of others, of course, admits of being transferred to the feelings with which, on reflexion, we regard our own acts. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics For that force, which is sufficient to turn it back in reflexion, may be sufficient to emit it. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author But I wish to offer some reflexions upon the fundamental conception underlying them all, accounting in this way, perhaps, for the differences of opinion between Darwin and Spencer, Huxley and Nietzsche. Recent Tendencies in Ethics In the quick impulse she rose and brought all the burning candles to the toilet table, and lighted others, and stood before the mirror, in the yellow light, gazing most critically at her own reflexion. Taquisara The concluding reflexions are the basis of a larger work, "Christian Morals." Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend It will always, probably, continue to exist, but we may hope that it will be progressively modified by the advance of education, by the spread of social sympathy, and by a growing habit of reflexion. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics And that there is such a virtue, seems to follow from the reflexions and inflexions of the rays of light. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author It drew from her again one of her indefinite reflexions. The Ambassadors In a flash she had guessed half the truth, and reflexion now brought her most of the rest. Taquisara Whenever she reached this stage in her reflexions she lifted a furtive glance to the clock, whose loud staccato tick was becoming a part of her inmost being. Bunner Sisters It was to Edward, of course, that the situation was chiefly productive of anxiety; and yet the ensuing change in my own circumstances and position furnished me also with food for grave reflexion. The Golden Age Thus the nobility would continue a program of inbreeding which would inevitably be outclassed by an entirely random reflexion of the world's gene pool. A Brief History of the Internet It so fell in, unhappily for Strether, with that reflexion of his own prompted in him by the pleasant air of the Boulevard Malesherbes, that its disconcerting force was rather unfairly great. The Ambassadors He did not know what to do next, and yet, being eminently a man of action, rather than of reflexion, he knew that he must do more to satisfy himself, for his suspicions were aroused. Taquisara In this event, the whiteness of the tips will be due to the scattering or irregular reflexion of the incident rays of light from the surface of the numerous gas bubbles. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 His first business was to seek Montraville, and endeavour to convince him that what had happened would ultimately tend to his happiness: he found him in his apartment, solitary, pensive, and wrapped in disagreeable reflexions. Charlotte Temple The objects are too fine to remain long in the same aspect or situation; and must be apprehended in an instant, by a superior penetration, derived from nature, and improved by habit and reflexion. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding It will have been sufficiently seen that he was not a man to neglect any good chance for reflexion. The Ambassadors But each detail had fitted with another, into a sort of whole which was a reflexion of the priest's story. Taquisara But this reflexion at once suggests another; it is not a tragedy in the true Greek sense, according to the practice of the 5th-century poets. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Merciful heaven! who would exchange the rapture of such a reflexion for all the gaudy tinsel which the world calls pleasure! Charlotte Temple There are some curious remarks on shadows or reflexions seen on the surface of mists from high mountains in Ulloa's Voyages. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Thoughts and images are alike essential to art, and to both is necessary ponderation, reflexion, measure, and unity, because otherwise every image would be confused with every other image. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Then her eyes met their own reflexion, and she grew suddenly grave again, and something in them told her that they were not laughing with her lips, and might not often look upon things mirthful. Taquisara There is here the first passage of dianoia or general reflexion of life, which later became a regular feature of tragedy. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Oh! what a glorious reflexion would it be for me could I be the happy instrument of restoring her. Charlotte Temple Such were the melancholy reflexions in which I was engaged. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian Thought and reflexion have surpassed art, the beautiful. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic His head was bald, and shone like a skull in the yellow reflexion from the damask hangings. Taquisara It may be added that these records are wont to contain reflexions which, though wanting in scientific precision, can be utilized by science. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Shocking as these reflexions are, I have yet one more dreadful than the rest. Charlotte Temple My reflexions upon the present posture of my affairs, could not but be melancholy. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian By creating the first representations and by thus inaugurating the life of knowledge, art continually renews within our spirit the aspects of things, which thought has submitted to reflexion, and the intellect to abstraction. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic The yellow reflexion danced in her eyes, as she fastened them upon her brother-in-law's face, and he shuddered, remembering what she had said before the Duca had come. Taquisara It is poor even in its poetical elements, and is redeemed only by the finely solemn tone of its moral reflexions and the singular refinement and equable smoothness of its diction. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 She was sitting one afternoon, wrapped in these melancholy reflexions, when she was interrupted by the entrance of Belcour. Charlotte Temple But I must not indulge to reflexions like these. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian And with this reflexion and perception, we find ourselves at once outside the domain of pure intuition. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Conscious innocence ennobled all her reflexions, and gave to her sentiments and manner of thinking, I know not what of celestial and divine. Imogen A Pastoral Romance They are sunk in a paganism which seems to embrace some faint reflexion of Greek mythology, Zoroastrian principles and the tenets of Buddhism, originally gathered, no doubt, from the varied elements of their mixed extraction. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 We may at least console ourselves with the reflexion that such a contingency is far off. The Roof of France In man there is reflexion, freedom, and choice; he is, therefore, the head of the visible creation. Literary Remains, Volume 1 And nothing is known of what happens prior to having received it, for the distinctions made after reflexion have nothing to do with art. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic At first the conversation was of a languid and weary character; Don Calixto, the judge, and C�sar started in to exchange political reflexions of crass vulgarity. Cæsar or Nothing The only cure appears to consist in breaking up the reflecting surfaces so that the reflexion shall be much less regular and distinct. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 They were the reflexions of the rushlight in the sewer below. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Drear were the downs, more dreary her reflexions; Cold was the night wind, colder was her bosom! Poems Who, without a similar act of interruptive reflexion, is conscious of temporal sequence while listening to a story or a piece of music? Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic I suppose I made this reflexion not all at once—it was not wholly the result of that first meeting. Louisa Pallant In the former case the light penetrating between the particles is unable to escape by reflexion, and is finally absorbed. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The huge reflexion of Saint Paul's, the great tap-roots of light from lamp and window that shone upon the lurid stream, pointed down—down—down. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography As Prof. Browne remarks, 'the prophet of a cycle is naught but a reflexion of the Primal Will,—the same sun with a new horizon.' The Reconciliation of Races and Religions If any one make poetry in epochs of reflexion, he becomes a child again; he does not reflect with his intellect, but follows his fancy and dwells upon particulars. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic I could have found that out with a little trouble, but I was deterred by the reflexion that this would be Louisa's reasoning. Louisa Pallant The effect is complicated, in the case of chlorophyll and many other bodies, by selective reflexion and fluorescence. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 And yet our hero was in truth far from secure against rueful reflexion. Madame De Mauves He was on his feet opposite, and she made at this moment the odd reflexion that she had never "realised" he had such fine lovely uplifted eyebrows. The Reverberator James Boyd, she felt, she could trust; and it was wonderful how soothing the reflexion was. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories No, decidedly, she wasn't shy: that mute reflexion was in the air an instant. The Awkward Age These authors proved, however, that no optical system can justify these suppositions, since they are contradictory to the fundamental laws of reflexion and refraction. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 They obtained it from continuous experience and profound reflexion thereon. Battle Studies This reflexion was highly agreeable, for Gaston perfectly knew how little he himself would have enjoyed a struggle. The Reverberator —Maisie, after reflexion and despite whatever of portentous this seemed to convey, risked a critical echo. What Maisie Knew Mr. Longdon, with nippers in place again, fixed on him a gravity that failed to prevent his discovering in the eyes behind them a shy reflexion of his irony. The Awkward Age When my Epistles come to be weighed with Pliny's, however superior to the Roman in delicate irony, judicious reflexions, etc., his gilt post will bribe over the judges to him. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 To relieve and appease melancholy reflexions, Johnson took her home to his house in Gough square. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes Our author, it seems, was addicted to some gay extravagances, such as gaming, and an unlicensed indulgence in women and wine, which brought some satirical reflexions, upon him. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III That such ladies wouldn't be able to help falling in love with him was a reflexion naturally irritating to his wife. What Maisie Knew He had another short reflexion, after which he continued: "If they don't send he'll be in for five miles in a fly—and the man will see that he gets his money." The Awkward Age They are prefaced by some general reflexions on the mischiefs occasioned by the sacra fames auri. Four Early Pamphlets "I should have thought," replied Moreland, that objection might have been stated in the first instance, without any reflexions upon the conduct and family of the young gentleman. Damon and Delia A Tale This we learn from a passage in Burnet's reflexions on the ninth book of the first volume of M. Varillas's History, being a reply to his answer. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III She was vague as to the way it was proper he should feel; but she had a sense that the Captain's remark was rather a free reflexion on it. What Maisie Knew The young man's acute reflexion appeared suddenly to flower into a vision of opportunity that swept everything else away. The Awkward Age Yes, sir, the murder is done; I am only about a few moral reflexions to place before it. The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 I was very much delighted with the reflexion of my old friend, which carried so much goodness in it. The Coverley Papers Mr. Walsh's other performances, in a volume of the Minor Poets, an Essay on Pastoral Poetry, with a Short Defence of Virgil, against some of the reflexions of M. Fontenellé. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III Her reflexions indeed at this moment thickened apace, and one of them made her sure that her governess had conversations, private, earnest and not infrequent, with her denounced stepfather. What Maisie Knew So don't spoil the beauty of your own behaviour by mistimed reflexions. The Awkward Age Very well, indeed! fine reflexions on my character! The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 The vortex is a fact, and it seems to me that it furnishes enough material for reflexion to satisfy a mind of ordinary activity.' Greifenstein At the end of them was a piece entitled Clarendon's Housewarming; and after that his Epitaph, both containing bitter reflexions against that earl. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III Thus alone could men have even the feeblest reflexion of their beauty—upon which to feed their souls forever after. Love's Pilgrimage II She remained alone ten minutes, at the end of which her reflexions would have been seen to be deep—were interrupted by the entrance of her husband. The Awkward Age Indeed, a little observation will shew us that fools are the most addicted to this vice; and a little reflexion will teach us that it is incompatible with true understanding. The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 The level rays gilded the slender cathedral spire, and the glass of many a pointed gable-window in the town sent back the flaming reflexion. Greifenstein They concern the reflexion of the various planetary movements, observable in the sky, in the behaviour of certain mineral substances of the earth. Man or Matter But, leaving these weighty and well known circumstances to your own reflexion, I beg leave to lay before you another evidence, passed over in silence by the Gentleman on the other side. Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus I have sometimes thought of the phenomenon called 'total reflexion' in optics as a good symbol of the relation between abstract ideas and concrete realities, as pragmatism conceives it. Pragmatism Take this farther reflexion with you: that whether Matter be allowed to exist or no, the case is exactly the same as to the point in hand. Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous After a moment's reflexion, he tossed the letter into the flames and waited until it was quite burnt. Greifenstein Each stage in the etheric has its reflexion in the physical, as the above table shows. Man or Matter And, upon the report made to them of the apostle's works, they make serious reflexion, and doubted whereunto this would grow. Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus The whole notion of truth, which naturally and without reflexion we assume to mean the simple duplication by the mind of a ready-made and given reality, proves hard to understand clearly. Pragmatism In denying Matter, at first glimpse I am tempted to imagine you deny the things we see and feel: but, upon reflexion, find there is no ground for it. Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous A knock at the door interrupted his reflexions. Greifenstein He was led to this correct conviction by his belief in the qualitative unity of all the forces of nature - a reflexion, as his biography shows, of his strongly monotheistic, Old Testament faith. Man or Matter All which doth evidently follow from what has been already said, and will clearly appear to anyone by a little reflexion. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge It makes no difference to reality itself; it is supervenient, inert, static, a reflexion merely. Pragmatism And, though I perceive Him not by sense, yet I have a notion of Him, or know Him by reflexion and reasoning. Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous It was more like a thoughtful reflexion than a question. Greifenstein It is also by way of such reflexion that the I first grows aware of itself - but as nothing more than an image among images. Man or Matter A little reflexion on what is here said will make it manifest that the common use of language would receive no manner of alteration or disturbance from the admission of our tenets. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge But the slightest exercise of reflexion makes us see that, instead of being principles of this kind, both law and latin are results. Pragmatism Whereas the being of my Self, that is, my own soul, mind, or thinking principle, I evidently know by reflexion. Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous The thought had been painful enough when it had passed unspoken through the confusion of her reflexions, but Greif's statement gave it a new and horrible vividness. Greifenstein Thus far I could go through my own observation and reflexion, but no further. Man or Matter We comprehend our own existence by inward feeling or reflexion, and that of other spirits by reason. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge And the prejudice is confirmed and riveted in our thoughts by a long tract of time, by the use of language, and want of reflexion. A Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision I do not perceive it as an idea, or by means of an idea, but know it by reflexion. Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Hilda became aware that her reflexions were growing more and more heartless and that they did not help her at all, especially as she could not communicate them to Berbel. Greifenstein In the first instance complete reflexion takes place; in the second, complete absorption. Man or Matter For, to what purpose is it to dilate on that which may be demonstrated with the utmost evidence in a line or two, to any one that is capable of the least reflexion? A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge I cannot let go the above-mentioned problem without some reflexion on it. A Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision I presume then it was by reflexion and reason you obtained the idea of it? Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous He gazed in silence at the reflexion of himself for some minutes. Greifenstein When in either instance the eye registers 'white' it registers exactly the same event, namely, the total reflexion of the light by the surface struck by it. Man or Matter The one seem to be in a manner the reflexion of the other; so that all the perceptions of the mind are double, and appear both as impressions and ideas. A Treatise of Human Nature Stanwell read in it the reflexion of her brother's tirade, but she held out her hand in silence. The Hermit and the Wild Woman Whatever we perceive is perceived immediately or mediately: by sense, or by reason and reflexion. Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous It was a strange sight, and would have afforded material for reflexion to an older and wiser person than Hilda. Greifenstein Moreover, the excess of reflexion going on around him in the intellectual life of his younger days inclined him to guard himself with a certain anxiety against philosophical cogitations. Man or Matter This idea of pleasure or pain, when it returns upon the soul, produces the new impressions of desire and aversion, hope and fear, which may properly be called impressions of reflexion, because derived from it. A Treatise of Human Nature From that brilliant and busy, yet so unconcerned press of early Greek life, one here another there stands aside to make the initial act of conscious philosophic reflexion. Plato and Platonism But these spiritualities, felt rather than seen, can but lurk about architectural form as volatile effects, to be gathered from it by reflexion. The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry But there was little time left him for reflexion. Greifenstein Yet those very moments on reflexion, on second thoughts, present themselves again, as but links in a chain, in an all-embracing network of chains. Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays So that the impressions of reflexion are only antecedent to their correspondent ideas; but posterior to those of sensation, and derived from them. A Treatise of Human Nature Greek painting is represented to us only by its distant reflexion on the walls of the buried houses of Pompeii, and the designs of subordinate though exquisite craftsmen on the vases. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays It has indeed committed itself to a train of reflexion which must end in defiance of form, of all that is outward, in an exaggerated idealism. The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry He did not indeed utter such reflexions in such language, but such was the gist of his thought. Barchester Towers Those pensive, tarnished, silver side-lights, like mere reflexions of natural sunshine, may be noticed indeed in many another painter of that day, in Lanini, for instance, at the National Gallery. Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays Here then is a third rebound of the original pleasure; after which it is difficult to distinguish the images and reflexions, by reason of their faintness and confusion. A Treatise of Human Nature The distresses of the young couple at this period were subjects of pleasant reflexion during their prosperity—as recorded in the Diary, 25th February, 1667. The Diary of Samuel Pepys The reflexion also from glasses so usually resembled to the imagery of the mind, every man knoweth to receive error and variety both in colour, magnitude, and shape, according to the quality of the glass. Valerius Terminus; of the interpretation of nature "What makes you dislike Morris so much?" she presently asked, emerging from her reflexions. Washington Square That most of the interest of the time had been owing to Mr. Osmond was a reflexion she was not just now at pains to make; she had already done the point abundant justice. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 The sentiment of these reflexions was very just; but it was not exactly true that Ralph Touchett had had a key put into his hand. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Yet he is sometimes angry with me, at other times thanks me; for nothing I ever do is accompanied with any reflexion upon him. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero But these things have not perished; they are rather fed and strengthened by reflexion and memory. Treatises on Friendship and Old Age Catherine made this reflexion, and six months earlier she would have felt bound to give him warning; but now she deemed herself absolved. Washington Square She had plenty to think about; but it was neither reflexion nor conscious purpose that filled her mind. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 But after this she had asked a good many, and her aunt's answers, whatever turn they took, struck her as food for deep reflexion. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 If there ever was anyone by natural inclination, and still more, I think, by reason and reflexion, averse from the empty praise and comments of the vulgar, I am certainly the man. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero He struggled to console himself with the reflexion that all this was only 'the natural order'. Eminent Victorians He was unquiet, as was natural in a young man who has just been reunited to a long-absent mistress, and Catherine made the reflexion that she had never seen him so excited. Washington Square This consisted in the reflexion that, after all, such things happened to other people and not to herself. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 She looked at him as if she had not heard him—though she was following out the train of reflexion which he himself had kindled. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Lastly the girl fortified herself with the reflexion, grotesque in the conditions and conducing to prove her sense of humour not high, that her father was after all not a man to be played with. The Marriages We represent also all manner of reflexions, refractions, and multiplications of visual beams of objects. New Atlantis "She will do as I have bidden her," said the Doctor, and he made the further reflexion that his daughter was not a woman of a great spirit. Washington Square On the other occasion Isabel had thought it less like Rome than like Philadelphia, but to-day she made no reflexions; the apartment only seemed to her very empty and very soundless. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 "For any one but yourself," Madame Merle mentally observed; but the reflexion was perfectly inaudible. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Among the reflexions I quickly made this was the one that was most to the point. The Patagonia But these spiritualities, felt rather than seen, can but lurk about architectural form as volatile effects, to be gathered from it by reflexion; their expression is not really sensuous at all. The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry The Doctor, however, kept his reflexions to himself, and talked to his visitors about foreign lands, concerning which Morris offered him more information than he was ready, as he mentally phrased it, to swallow. Washington Square She made her reflexions, Isabel was sure; and she must have had a conviction that there were husbands and wives who were more intimate than that. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 By the time she had made these reflexions she became aware that the lady at the piano played remarkably well. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Well, I drew it, in writing to her, on reflexion, as mild as I could—having been visited in the watches of the night by the instinct of what might happen. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] It has indeed committed itself to a train of reflexion which must end in a defiance of form, of all that is outward, in an exaggerated idealism. The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry She felt his kisses on her lips and on her cheeks for a long time afterwards; the sensation was rather an obstacle than an aid to reflexion. Washington Square But a moment's reflexion assured her that she would do well not to betray to the worthy nun her desire to avoid Pansy's other friend. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 That personage drove over from Lockleigh and brought the elder of his sisters with him, a measure presumably dictated by reflexions of the same order as Mr. Touchett's. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Such were the reflexions of a theoretic Teuton who now walked for the most part amid the ashes of his prejudices. Pandora That delicate pause in Greek reflexion was joined, by some supreme good luck, to the perfect animal nature of the Greeks. The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry It seemed to Catherine that no one who had once seen him would ever forget him; but though she made this reflexion she kept it to herself, almost as you would keep something precious. Washington Square In one, it is a last reflexion of the ray divine that is not extinct; in the other, it is the last remains of our primitive clay. Beatrix "Ah yes, pictures are very convenient," said Ralph, who appeared to know better what style of reflexion was acceptable to her. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 This reflexion passed through his mind and caused him to raise his eyes. Pandora The concept of matter in its scientific form is the result of this breaking asunder, essential for all scientific reflexion. Darwin and Modern Science But he had no sooner made this reflexion than Catherine found something; she had decided, on the whole, to take the thing as a joke. Washington Square In spite of her thoughtful appearance, the Epeira is incapable of the modicum of reflexion required to insert a piece into an accidental gap. The Life of the Spider He supposed, on reflexion, that that was what he meant when he thought of the Hickses as having "a religion".... The Glimpses of the Moon It didn't make her more fathomable to pass in a few minutes from this to the certitude that she was American; it simply engendered depressing reflexions as to the possible check to contributions from Boston. The Coxon Fund To Bergson, in his recent work "L'Evolution Creatrice", evolution consists in an elan de vie which to our fragmentary observation and analytic reflexion appears as broken into a manifold of elements and processes. Darwin and Modern Science Morris greeted this question with a reflexion which was hardly the less impudent from being inaudible. Washington Square Mrs. Jordan, on the doorstep, smiled with a reflexion that had come to her; she took one of her big bites of the brown gloom. In the Cage These reflexions, as I say, quickened his generosity; yet, make them as he might, he saw himself, with the lapse of the period, more and more disconcerted. The Beast in the Jungle "Oh, Ling, reflexion of my ideal, holder of my soul, it would indeed be very disagreeable to my own feelings to make any reply save one," replied Mian, scarcely above a breath-voice. The Wallet of Kai Lung It seems to be a complete reflexion of Scripture.” The Life of John Bunyan These reflexions gave him plenty of occupation, and made it necessary that he should trim his sail. Washington Square Yet the perception of her visitor’s blankness actually helped this extraordinary little person, the next instant, to take refuge in a reflexion that could be as proud as it liked. In the Cage To-day, after a considerable interval, there is something phantasmagoria, like a prismatic reflexion or a serial novel, in Pemberton’s memory of the queerness of the Moreens. The Pupil In spite of their generally uninviting exteriors Their reflexions are often of a very profound order. The Wallet of Kai Lung |
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