The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Bände 15-16 |
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... forces of other bodies , which , at the same time , attract them dif- ferent ways ; but , would , on the supposed removal of all other bodies , mutually approach and unite with each other . The like holds with regard to the hu- man soul ...
... forces of other bodies , which , at the same time , attract them dif- ferent ways ; but , would , on the supposed removal of all other bodies , mutually approach and unite with each other . The like holds with regard to the hu- man soul ...
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... force from thence which only can hurt the British nation . " That the British nation expect the immediate demolition of Dunkirk . " That the Dutch , who suffered equally with us from those of Dunkirk , were probably induced to sign the ...
... force from thence which only can hurt the British nation . " That the British nation expect the immediate demolition of Dunkirk . " That the Dutch , who suffered equally with us from those of Dunkirk , were probably induced to sign the ...
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... force and activity of their corporeal organs ; for operations of the latter sort are limited to a narrow extent of time and place , whereas those of the mind are permanent and univer- sal . Plato and Euclid enjoy a sort of immortality ...
... force and activity of their corporeal organs ; for operations of the latter sort are limited to a narrow extent of time and place , whereas those of the mind are permanent and univer- sal . Plato and Euclid enjoy a sort of immortality ...
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... force he had to cast me . But being too weak , after I had defended his assault , I easily be- came master of him , laying him on his back ; when being upon him , I redemanded if he would request his life , but it seemed he prized it ...
... force he had to cast me . But being too weak , after I had defended his assault , I easily be- came master of him , laying him on his back ; when being upon him , I redemanded if he would request his life , but it seemed he prized it ...
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... . That admirable author having shown the virtue of a good conscience in supporting a man under the greatest trials and difficulties of life , concludes with representing its force and efficacy in the hour of death 66 No. 135 . GUARDIAN .
... . That admirable author having shown the virtue of a good conscience in supporting a man under the greatest trials and difficulties of life , concludes with representing its force and efficacy in the hour of death 66 No. 135 . GUARDIAN .
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance animals ants appear Balsora Barsisa beauty caliphs character common consider conversation corn creatures daugh daughter desire dities DRYDEN Dunkirk duties earth Elysium eminent endeavour entertainment Epictetus equally eyes favour fear folly fortune frequently genius gentleman give greater union hand happiness heart Helim hole honour hope hour human imagination insects IRONSIDE Johnson kind king knowledge labour lady laid learning letter lion lived look lord Roscommon mankind manner means ment mind nation nature nest never nuendoes observed occasion opinion OVID pain paper passion Persia person pleased pleasure praise present Pulcheria Quæ racter rain Rambler reader reason Rhadamanthus riety santon says Schacabac SEPTEMBER 11 seram servant sometimes thagoras thing thou thought tion told vanity VIRG virtue whole woman write young ན ན ན
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 189 - She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Seite 189 - Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Seite 189 - Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Seite 189 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. ' ' The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Seite 19 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Seite xxiv - He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best: there is nobody; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.
Seite 77 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Seite 12 - Yet by some such fortuitous liquefaction was mankind taught to procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind: which might extend the sight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charm. him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material...
Seite 257 - To those who have skill to estimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it must be very desirable to know how it was performed, and by what gradations it advanced to correctness. Of such an intellectual process the knowledge has very rarely been attainable; but happily there remains the original copy of the Iliad...
Seite 277 - But biography has often been allotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the nature of their task, or very negligent about the performance.