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... and fedatenefs . Hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every paffion ; but feldom delicacy of tafte . Upon a man pof felfed Rude ages exhibit the triumph of authority over reason : INTRODUCTION . If.
... and fedatenefs . Hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every paffion ; but feldom delicacy of tafte . Upon a man pof felfed Rude ages exhibit the triumph of authority over reason : INTRODUCTION . If.
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Lord Henry Home Kames. Rude ages exhibit the triumph of authority over reason : Philofophers anciently were divided into fects , being Epicureans , Platonists , Stoics , Pythagoreans , or Sceptics : the fpeculative relied no farther on ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. Rude ages exhibit the triumph of authority over reason : Philofophers anciently were divided into fects , being Epicureans , Platonists , Stoics , Pythagoreans , or Sceptics : the fpeculative relied no farther on ...
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... reason to expect the fame from those which are internal ; and accordingly power , difcernment , wit , mildness , fympathy , courage , benevolence , are agreeable in a high degree : upon percei- ving these qualities in others , we ...
... reason to expect the fame from those which are internal ; and accordingly power , difcernment , wit , mildness , fympathy , courage , benevolence , are agreeable in a high degree : upon percei- ving these qualities in others , we ...
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... reason : he common- ly acts with deliberation , in order to bring about fome desirable end ; and in that case his actions are means employed to bring about the end de- fired thus I give charity in order to relieve a perfon from want : I ...
... reason : he common- ly acts with deliberation , in order to bring about fome desirable end ; and in that case his actions are means employed to bring about the end de- fired thus I give charity in order to relieve a perfon from want : I ...
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... reason , and to prompt actions with a view to an end , it may in that state be termed deliberative . With refpect to actions exerted as means to an end , defire to bring about the end is what deter- mines one to exert the action ; and ...
... reason , and to prompt actions with a view to an end , it may in that state be termed deliberative . With refpect to actions exerted as means to an end , defire to bring about the end is what deter- mines one to exert the action ; and ...
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Seite 287 - O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast?
Seite 157 - I did hear him groan ; Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Seite 156 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Seite 283 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Seite 162 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Seite 74 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Seite 510 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Seite 221 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Seite 136 - Out upon her ! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Seite 161 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!