Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary, Band 1C. Dilly, 1789 - 466 Seiten |
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... system . The fact is , that the queftion fo much contested among philofophers , viz . Whether volitions are definite in definite circumftances , never occurs to the generality of mankind ; and , if it were stated , would not be ...
... system . The fact is , that the queftion fo much contested among philofophers , viz . Whether volitions are definite in definite circumftances , never occurs to the generality of mankind ; and , if it were stated , would not be ...
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... system of Neceffity , and which appear to the affertors of free - will fo alarming and dreadful , are light and trivial , when compared with those which must neceffarily refult from the denial of the Divine prescience ; which may be ...
... system of Neceffity , and which appear to the affertors of free - will fo alarming and dreadful , are light and trivial , when compared with those which must neceffarily refult from the denial of the Divine prescience ; which may be ...
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... system was expiring , villanage was virtually abolish- ed , and all orders of men enjoyed the protection and benefit of the fame general system of laws . In those days juftices of the peace were not , as at prefent , a fort of cadies ...
... system was expiring , villanage was virtually abolish- ed , and all orders of men enjoyed the protection and benefit of the fame general system of laws . In those days juftices of the peace were not , as at prefent , a fort of cadies ...
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... system of liberty ; and the arbitrary acts of the council , or the Star Chamber , while a firm confi- dence in the wisdom and juftice of the government prevailed , did not more difturb the public tranquillity , than the eccentric ...
... system of liberty ; and the arbitrary acts of the council , or the Star Chamber , while a firm confi- dence in the wisdom and juftice of the government prevailed , did not more difturb the public tranquillity , than the eccentric ...
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... ligion of their ancestors , and to adopt any other system from nations comparatively illiterate and barbarous ; fo , on the other hand , it seems per- fectly fectly confonant to the ufual courfe of human events , 88 ESSAY IV .
... ligion of their ancestors , and to adopt any other system from nations comparatively illiterate and barbarous ; fo , on the other hand , it seems per- fectly fectly confonant to the ufual courfe of human events , 88 ESSAY IV .
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Seite 29 - To hear the solemn curfew ; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war : to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
Seite 409 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher, Death; and God adore. What future bliss, He gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never Is, but always To be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Seite 68 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Seite 413 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.
Seite 22 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Seite 22 - O, that the slave had forty thousand lives ! One is too poor, too weak for my revenge. Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, lago ; All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven : 'Tis gone. Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell ! Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne To tyrannous hate ! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught, For 'tis of aspics
Seite 414 - Suns run lawless thro' the sky; Let ruling Angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on Being wreck'd, and world on world; Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature tremble to the throne of God.
Seite 415 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Seite 401 - This Essay affords an egregious instance of the predominance of genius, the dazzling splendour of imagery, and the seductive powers of eloquence. Never were penury of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment so happily disguised. The reader feels his mind full, though he learns nothing ; and, when he meets it in its new array, no longer knows the talk of his mother and his nurse.
Seite 343 - Man feems to me fo aftonifhing an object of temporary admiration as the celebrated friend of the Lord Brooke, the famous Sir Philip Sidney. The learned of Europe dedicated their works to Him; the republic of Poland thought him at leaft worthy to be in the nomination for their crown. All the mufes of England wept his death. When we at this diftance of time inquire what prodigious merits excited fuch admiration, what do we find ? Great valour.