The History of the Works of the Learned ..., Volume 6J. Robinson, 1739 Containing impartial accounts and accurate abstracts of the most valuable books published in Great Britain and foreign parts ... |
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... Line , the Defcent being quicker , and more flow in those less distant : The chief Caufe of which Difference , as he fays , is the Rotation of the Earth about its Axis , where- by all Bodies on or near the Surface of it , are en- dued ...
... Line , the Defcent being quicker , and more flow in those less distant : The chief Caufe of which Difference , as he fays , is the Rotation of the Earth about its Axis , where- by all Bodies on or near the Surface of it , are en- dued ...
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... Line . As a Confequence of this , it follows , Secondly , That all Motion is of itself equable and recti - lineal . And 1 Thirdly , That all Bodies which revolve about a Center must endeavour to recede from the Center . Under the last ...
... Line . As a Confequence of this , it follows , Secondly , That all Motion is of itself equable and recti - lineal . And 1 Thirdly , That all Bodies which revolve about a Center must endeavour to recede from the Center . Under the last ...
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... Line in Mr. Pitt's Tranflation of the Beginning of the Iliad above - mentioned ; wherein the auxiliary Verb did is ' made ufe of . The Line runs thus : " Which to the Greeks did endless Sorrows bring . Many , Many , it seems , have ...
... Line in Mr. Pitt's Tranflation of the Beginning of the Iliad above - mentioned ; wherein the auxiliary Verb did is ' made ufe of . The Line runs thus : " Which to the Greeks did endless Sorrows bring . Many , Many , it seems , have ...
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... Line . But as our Author believes Mr. Pope never intend- ed to advance fuch a Doctrine , fo , on the other Hand , he notes , that Milton has ufed them in fun- dry Places where he could have avoided them if he had pleased ; which ...
... Line . But as our Author believes Mr. Pope never intend- ed to advance fuch a Doctrine , fo , on the other Hand , he notes , that Milton has ufed them in fun- dry Places where he could have avoided them if he had pleased ; which ...
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... Line and three Parts of another in the Latin . " Latin and English Lines cannot be compared « together , because in a Latin Line there are fix " Feet , and in an English Line but five . Again , " in Latin Verfe there must be in every line ...
... Line and three Parts of another in the Latin . " Latin and English Lines cannot be compared « together , because in a Latin Line there are fix " Feet , and in an English Line but five . Again , " in Latin Verfe there must be in every line ...
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Æneid afferted againſt alfo ancient anſwer Arphaxad Author becauſe befides beſt Cafe Cainan Caufe Cauſes Chrift Chriftian Confequence confiderable confifts Defign defired Demonftration Difcourfe diffolvent diftilled diſcover Diſtance Egypt Evangelift exift Exiſtence faid fame fays fecond feems fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fuch fufficient fuppofed fure Genealogy Grand Mafter greateſt Greek Hiftory himſelf Houſe Idea impoffible Impreffions Inftances Irenæus itſelf Jefus Jews juft King King of Portugal laft Latin leaft learned leaſt lefs likewife Lodge Luke Mafons malè Matter Meaſure Milton moft moſt Motion muft muſt Nature neceffary Neceffity Number Obfervations Occafion Paffage Perfons Philofophers pleaſed Pleaſure poffible prefent Prince publick publiſhed Purpoſe Queſtion raiſed Reader Reafon refpect Roman Salathiel Senfe Septuagint Stile Subftance Syftem Temple thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion Tranflation Treatife underſtand uſed Verfe Verſe Virgil whofe Words Writer Yardley Zorobabel
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Página 80 - The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ; Without our aid he did us make : We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take.
Página 150 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Página 399 - I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity and are in a perpetual flux and movement.
Página 106 - At my first sitting to read to him, observing that I used the English pronunciation, he told me if I would have the benefit of the Latin tongue, not only to read and understand Latin authors, but to converse with foreigners, either abroad or at home, I must learn the foreign pronunciation.
Página 403 - I dine, I play a game of backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when after three or four hours...
Página 355 - There is no question of importance whose decision is not comprised in the science of man; and there is none which can be decided with any certainty before we become acquainted with that science. In pretending therefore to explain the principles of human nature, we in effect propose a complete system of the sciences built on a foundation almost entirely new, and the only one upon which they can stand with any security.
Página 382 - A cause is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it, that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other.
Página 154 - I do believe the whole company saw it; and if it had been thought a doubt, proof would have been made of it, and many would have attested with me.
Página 118 - The tenure of Kings and Magistrates; proving that it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for any, who have the power, to call to account a Tyrant or wicked King, and after due conviction, to depose and put him to death ; if the ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to do it.
Página 401 - I run into the crowd for shelter and warmth, but cannot prevail with myself to mix with such deformity. I call upon others to join me, in order to make a company apart, but no one will hearken to me. Every one keeps at a distance, and dreads that storm which beats upon me from every side.