An Essay on the Cultivation of the Intellect by the Study of Dead LanguagesJ. Bohn, 1830 - 371 sider |
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... discover that the figure which we deemed to be full of life , and instinct with motion , is but a me- chanical automaton ; to see the clouds clear off from the side of a mountain , and leave nothing but a barren rock , these are painful ...
... discover that the figure which we deemed to be full of life , and instinct with motion , is but a me- chanical automaton ; to see the clouds clear off from the side of a mountain , and leave nothing but a barren rock , these are painful ...
Side 12
... discover it ourselves would demand too much time , or we have been unsuccessful in the attempt . V. To bring as many opinions and works as possible to bear upon the subject which we are studying ; and VI . To employ the materials ...
... discover it ourselves would demand too much time , or we have been unsuccessful in the attempt . V. To bring as many opinions and works as possible to bear upon the subject which we are studying ; and VI . To employ the materials ...
Side 22
... discover with mathematical certainty , that , notwithstanding its falsity , it was a system perfectly calculated to make us happy ; that no other system was so calculated , and that in abandon- ing our belief we abandoned ourselves to ...
... discover with mathematical certainty , that , notwithstanding its falsity , it was a system perfectly calculated to make us happy ; that no other system was so calculated , and that in abandon- ing our belief we abandoned ourselves to ...
Side 28
... discover a considerable treasure . I gain much if it be true , and lose nothing but a trifling labour if it be false . I should assuredly make the attempt . I am told that a river is not fordable . By remaining where I am I incur a ...
... discover a considerable treasure . I gain much if it be true , and lose nothing but a trifling labour if it be false . I should assuredly make the attempt . I am told that a river is not fordable . By remaining where I am I incur a ...
Side 34
... discover no motive , it should leave our belief unbiassed . Again , the motive we choose to assign , should be open and palpable , not fic- titious or petty . We have a deviation from nature to account for ; and the cause which we ...
... discover no motive , it should leave our belief unbiassed . Again , the motive we choose to assign , should be open and palpable , not fic- titious or petty . We have a deviation from nature to account for ; and the cause which we ...
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Side 180 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Side 87 - Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up.
Side 32 - Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood ; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature For ruin's wasteful entrance...
Side 87 - ... of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him ; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up. And he gathered a mighty strong host, and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him. And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
Side 58 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Side 7 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Side 87 - AND IT HAPPENED, AFTER THAT ALEXANDER SON OF PHILIP, THE Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet...
Side 311 - live to him in all holy obedience, live to him as our Lord and King.' Not that I suppose there are peculiar precepts and a peculiar law of Jesus Christ, in the observance whereof we are justified, as the Socinians fancy ; for surely the gospel requires of us no more, ' but to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, and all our souls...
Side 309 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment," Mark xii, 30, the first and great branch of Christian righteousness.
Side 309 - Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great Commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shah love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the prophets.