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... matter where we dwell , In fortune's centre , on her utter verge ; Whither to death our weary steps we urge . You knew me when my fond and ignorant youth Was an unwindowed chamber of delight , Deaf to all noise , sweet as a rose's heart ...
... matter where we dwell , In fortune's centre , on her utter verge ; Whither to death our weary steps we urge . You knew me when my fond and ignorant youth Was an unwindowed chamber of delight , Deaf to all noise , sweet as a rose's heart ...
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... matter . Since the time of the useful and respectable Blair , there have been many books and some articles on the subject , but none which have at all gone to the bottom of it . A paper in Fraser a short time since , on " Modern Style ...
... matter . Since the time of the useful and respectable Blair , there have been many books and some articles on the subject , but none which have at all gone to the bottom of it . A paper in Fraser a short time since , on " Modern Style ...
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... matter ; for when asked for scissors , the mountaineers could only offer the captives large clumsy shears , such as they used for shearing their sheep . But , among all these horrors , an incident now and then would occur which roused ...
... matter ; for when asked for scissors , the mountaineers could only offer the captives large clumsy shears , such as they used for shearing their sheep . But , among all these horrors , an incident now and then would occur which roused ...
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... matter where we open these volumes , we are sure to light upon some statement showing the wild and reckless manner in which the book is composed . Thus , at Vol . i . p . 268 , we are told that literature takes " a paramount place of ...
... matter where we open these volumes , we are sure to light upon some statement showing the wild and reckless manner in which the book is composed . Thus , at Vol . i . p . 268 , we are told that literature takes " a paramount place of ...
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... matter , and I never heard that he said otherwise . People pretended to despise these stories of origin unknown , but they were struck by them nevertheless , and in the midst of the amusements and occupations of the Court , seriousness ...
... matter , and I never heard that he said otherwise . People pretended to despise these stories of origin unknown , but they were struck by them nevertheless , and in the midst of the amusements and occupations of the Court , seriousness ...
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Página 11 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Página 124 - Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands ; The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employ'd the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each pannel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages, that lead to nothing.
Página 2 - BOSCOBEL TRACTS. Relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester, and his subsequent Adventures. Edited by J. HUGHES, Esq., AM A New Edition, with additional Notes and Illustrations, including Communications from the Rev. RH BARHAM, Author of the
Página 306 - If by this inquiry into the nature of the understanding, I can discover the powers thereof; how far they reach; to what things they are in any degree proportionate; and where they fail us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension...
Página 306 - Whereas, were the capacities of our understandings well considered, the extent of our knowledge once discovered, and the horizon found which sets the bounds between the enlightened and dark parts of things; between what is and what is not comprehensible by us, men would perhaps with less scruple acquiesce in the avowed ignorance of the one, and employ their thoughts and discourse with more advantage and satisfaction in the other.
Página 25 - On seeking for some clue to the law underlying these current maxims, we may see shadowed forth in many of them, the importance of economizing the reader's or hearer's attention. To so present ideas that they may be apprehended with the least possible mental effort, is the desideratum towards which most of the rules above quoted point.
Página 333 - Protestant interests/ this excessive love for ' the balance of power/ is neither more nor less than a gigantic system of out-door relief for the aristocracy of Great Britain.
Página 306 - I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities.
Página 25 - A reader or listener has at each moment but a limited amount of mental power available. To recognize and interpret the symbols presented to him, requires part of this power ; to arrange and combine the images suggested requires a further part ; and only that part which remains can be used for realizing the thought conveyed.
Página 307 - ... attempt to escape from this apparent contradiction, by introducing the idea of succession in time. The Absolute exists first by itself, and afterwards becomes a Cause, But here we are checked by the third conception, that of the Infinite. How can the Infinite become that which it was not from the first'? If Causation is a possible mode of existence, that which exists without causing is not infinite ; that which becomes a cause has passed beyond its former limits.