Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 sider |
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... things , from theory to experiment , demon- strate the road to that height of science on which the moderns are now seated , and which the ancients were unable to reach . But these grand displays of his genius and know- ledge are now ...
... things , from theory to experiment , demon- strate the road to that height of science on which the moderns are now seated , and which the ancients were unable to reach . But these grand displays of his genius and know- ledge are now ...
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... things that are like to last . I do now publish my Essays ; which of all my other works , have been most current ; for that , as it seems , they come home to men's business and bosoms . I have enlarged them both in number PREFATORY ...
... things that are like to last . I do now publish my Essays ; which of all my other works , have been most current ; for that , as it seems , they come home to men's business and bosoms . I have enlarged them both in number PREFATORY ...
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... things , full of melancholy indisposition , and unpleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers , in great severity , called poesy , " vinum dæmonum , " because it filleth the imagination , and yet it is but with the sha- dow of a lie ...
... things , full of melancholy indisposition , and unpleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers , in great severity , called poesy , " vinum dæmonum , " because it filleth the imagination , and yet it is but with the sha- dow of a lie ...
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... thing when itself is well contained within the true bond of unity . The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen . The reason was , be- cause the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ...
... thing when itself is well contained within the true bond of unity . The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen . The reason was , be- cause the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ...
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... thing to be vouched in so serious a matter , but yet it expresseth well the deformity . There is a master of scoffing ... things . As for the fruit towards those that are within , it is peace , which containeth infinite blessings ; it ...
... thing to be vouched in so serious a matter , but yet it expresseth well the deformity . There is a master of scoffing ... things . As for the fruit towards those that are within , it is peace , which containeth infinite blessings ; it ...
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