The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: To which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, Studies, and Writings, Band 1J. Johnson, 1818 |
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... prove and explain it , and demonstrate the great use and value of it ; and has this author discovered at last , that there is no such thing ? How mortifying is it to me to hear , that so much of the labour of my life has been thrown ...
... prove and explain it , and demonstrate the great use and value of it ; and has this author discovered at last , that there is no such thing ? How mortifying is it to me to hear , that so much of the labour of my life has been thrown ...
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... spiritual world ; notwithstanding the judgement which our new biographer hath passed against them . Let any philosopher show us one single effect , of which it may be proved , that neither fire , light xviii PREFACE TO.
... spiritual world ; notwithstanding the judgement which our new biographer hath passed against them . Let any philosopher show us one single effect , of which it may be proved , that neither fire , light xviii PREFACE TO.
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... proved , that neither fire , light , nor air contribute to it in any of their various forms " . d To show how differently the same things will appear to dif ferent men , and how men of learning , through habits of think- ing , may be ...
... proved , that neither fire , light , nor air contribute to it in any of their various forms " . d To show how differently the same things will appear to dif ferent men , and how men of learning , through habits of think- ing , may be ...
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... Prove it well , and hold it fast . Of leaders and guides in learning be- ware for , as wisely speaks the author of the Pur- suits of Literature , they ought , in this age , to be well watched : if they fall into dangerous mistakes ...
... Prove it well , and hold it fast . Of leaders and guides in learning be- ware for , as wisely speaks the author of the Pur- suits of Literature , they ought , in this age , to be well watched : if they fall into dangerous mistakes ...
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... As I got more information for myself , I gained more upon my companion : but I have no title to the merit of forming him into what he afterwards proved to be . How In the same college with us , there lived a 12 THE LIFE OF.
... As I got more information for myself , I gained more upon my companion : but I have no title to the merit of forming him into what he afterwards proved to be . How In the same college with us , there lived a 12 THE LIFE OF.
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Seite 285 - But rise; let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsewhere; but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe...
Seite 139 - Heaven derive their light. These born to judge, as well as those to write. Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
Seite 393 - It is an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, "that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.
Seite xxxviii - Or the unseen genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the Studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light.
Seite 73 - Behold, he cometh with clouds ; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him : and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Seite 315 - Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools* that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
Seite xxxviii - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Seite 128 - Spiritus intus alit: totamque infusa per artus ' Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet ' Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum ' Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus.
Seite 235 - Yearly in our course returning, Messengers of shortest stay, Thus we preach this truth concerning, Heaven and earth shall pass away.
Seite 315 - ... wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance.