Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 15,Teil 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... mind with the contempla- tion of multiplied acceffions to the general aggregate of felicity ; and to exalt our conceptions of the wifdom , power , and benificence of God . In an undertaking ne- ver yet accomplished , disappointment can ...
... mind with the contempla- tion of multiplied acceffions to the general aggregate of felicity ; and to exalt our conceptions of the wifdom , power , and benificence of God . In an undertaking ne- ver yet accomplished , disappointment can ...
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... mind or intellect ; and he exprefsly affirms , that " mind , together with nature , formed or fashioned this universe . " He evidently con- fiders mind as the principal and intelligent agent , and nature as the fubfervient and executive ...
... mind or intellect ; and he exprefsly affirms , that " mind , together with nature , formed or fashioned this universe . " He evidently con- fiders mind as the principal and intelligent agent , and nature as the fubfervient and executive ...
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... mind . Though it is wrong to innovate in language , when writing on fubjects which require much attention , we muft , however , acknowledge it to be unworthy of in- per ufe of terms , fo long as the meaning of him who quirers after ...
... mind . Though it is wrong to innovate in language , when writing on fubjects which require much attention , we muft , however , acknowledge it to be unworthy of in- per ufe of terms , fo long as the meaning of him who quirers after ...
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... mind and matter , more properly plaftic than Ariftotle or Plato , Cudworth or Berkeley , ever conceived . But truth compels us to add , that to us his theory appears to labour under infuperable objec tions . That there may be in the ...
... mind and matter , more properly plaftic than Ariftotle or Plato , Cudworth or Berkeley , ever conceived . But truth compels us to add , that to us his theory appears to labour under infuperable objec tions . That there may be in the ...
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... mind , an imagination infi nitely fertile , and of a moft flowing and copious elo- quence . Nevertheless , the ftrength and heat of fancy prevailing in his compofition over judgment , he was too apt to foar beyond the limits of earthly ...
... mind , an imagination infi nitely fertile , and of a moft flowing and copious elo- quence . Nevertheless , the ftrength and heat of fancy prevailing in his compofition over judgment , he was too apt to foar beyond the limits of earthly ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 231 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
Seite 224 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Seite 231 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Seite 231 - On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
Seite 192 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Seite 221 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Seite 230 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Seite 224 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
Seite 172 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Seite 230 - He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe.