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... thought too harsh on the memory of so notable a publicist while the paint on his hatchment is hardly dry . Croker was keen and spirited , and did service to his age and party . A certain reverence for what he thought right and good ...
... thought too harsh on the memory of so notable a publicist while the paint on his hatchment is hardly dry . Croker was keen and spirited , and did service to his age and party . A certain reverence for what he thought right and good ...
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... thought that we have dwelt too long on this feature of the English revolution ; but the truth is , that it had far more to do with the difference between the movements than is supposed . There is a certain dignity about the English one ...
... thought that we have dwelt too long on this feature of the English revolution ; but the truth is , that it had far more to do with the difference between the movements than is supposed . There is a certain dignity about the English one ...
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... thought it worth his while to show that this famous lady anticipated much that was hailed as new in the recent work of Montalembert : - - " Another inconvenience of France was that mass of gentlemen of the second order , ennobled the ...
... thought it worth his while to show that this famous lady anticipated much that was hailed as new in the recent work of Montalembert : - - " Another inconvenience of France was that mass of gentlemen of the second order , ennobled the ...
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... thought - a tendency to worship amuse- ment for its own sake - and to elevate all that is merely pleasing to the eye or to the ear , to an eminence far beyond its merits . Now it cannot be denied that all this usually presents itself ...
... thought - a tendency to worship amuse- ment for its own sake - and to elevate all that is merely pleasing to the eye or to the ear , to an eminence far beyond its merits . Now it cannot be denied that all this usually presents itself ...
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... thought dangerous for William to go to any market to buy it , since his neighbours all knew he did not use to buy such for his own diet , and so it might beget a suspicion of his having strangers at his house . But the colonel found ...
... thought dangerous for William to go to any market to buy it , since his neighbours all knew he did not use to buy such for his own diet , and so it might beget a suspicion of his having strangers at his house . But the colonel found ...
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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.