The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Band 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... also obliged to delay his learning to write , having turned away the Writing Mafter because he knew nothing of Fa- bius's Waxen Tables . Cornelius having read and ferioufly weighed the methods by which the famous Montaigne was edu ...
... also obliged to delay his learning to write , having turned away the Writing Mafter because he knew nothing of Fa- bius's Waxen Tables . Cornelius having read and ferioufly weighed the methods by which the famous Montaigne was edu ...
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... also mentions the Bafilinda , or King " I am ; and Myinda , or Hoopers - Hide . " But the Chytrindra described by the fame Au- " thor is certainly not our Hot - cockle ; for that was " by pinching and not by ftriking ; tho ' there are ...
... also mentions the Bafilinda , or King " I am ; and Myinda , or Hoopers - Hide . " But the Chytrindra described by the fame Au- " thor is certainly not our Hot - cockle ; for that was " by pinching and not by ftriking ; tho ' there are ...
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... also used to wonder that there was not a reward for fuch as could find out a fourth Figure in Lo- gick , as well as for those who fhould difcover the Longitude . Cor CHA P. VIII . ANATOM Y. Ornelius , it is certain , had a most fuperfti ...
... also used to wonder that there was not a reward for fuch as could find out a fourth Figure in Lo- gick , as well as for those who fhould difcover the Longitude . Cor CHA P. VIII . ANATOM Y. Ornelius , it is certain , had a most fuperfti ...
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... also . He now conjectured it was more for the dignity of the Soul to perform fe- veral operations by her little Minifters , the Animal Spirits , from whence it was natural to conclude , that the refides in different parts according to ...
... also . He now conjectured it was more for the dignity of the Soul to perform fe- veral operations by her little Minifters , the Animal Spirits , from whence it was natural to conclude , that the refides in different parts according to ...
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... also was the device to relieve Con- fumptive or Afthmatick perfons by bringing fresh Air out of the Country to Town , by pipes of the nature of the Recipients of Air pumps : And to introduce the Native air of a man's country into any ...
... also was the device to relieve Con- fumptive or Afthmatick perfons by bringing fresh Air out of the Country to Town , by pipes of the nature of the Recipients of Air pumps : And to introduce the Native air of a man's country into any ...
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Seite 325 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Seite 313 - Who can be so prejudiced in their favour as to magnify the felicity of those ages, when a spirit of revenge and cruelty, joined with the practice of rapine and robbery, reigned through the world ; when no mercy was...
Seite 303 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?
Seite 278 - I CANNOT think it extravagant to imagine that mankind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species.
Seite 331 - ... something between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Seite 334 - ... upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member. They have ever had a standard to themselves, upon other principles than those of Aristotle.
Seite 310 - ... of a trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful river, always in motion, and always full ; while we are borne away by a tide of...
Seite 289 - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough; he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs : a spider is no ill emblem of him : he has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.
Seite 300 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
Seite 45 - ... twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.