An Essay on the Cultivation of the Intellect by the Study of Dead LanguagesJ. Bohn, 1830 - 371 sider |
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Side 13
... precisely in proportion to the number of interruptions , is , what we call the likelihood , probability , possibility , contingency , or certainty of a fact ; words which by an unfortunate analogy we frequently apply in reasoning to the ...
... precisely in proportion to the number of interruptions , is , what we call the likelihood , probability , possibility , contingency , or certainty of a fact ; words which by an unfortunate analogy we frequently apply in reasoning to the ...
Side 14
... precisely the same , or the second is a part of the first . That a stone will always fall to the ground , and that snow will always be cold , we believe most firmly ; because we have never found a case in which the association has been ...
... precisely the same , or the second is a part of the first . That a stone will always fall to the ground , and that snow will always be cold , we believe most firmly ; because we have never found a case in which the association has been ...
Side 18
... precisely the same . A false statement is one which excites expectations only to disappoint them . And precisely in pro- portion to the number of different or corresponding ideas , when comparing a newly acquired chain with one of the ...
... precisely the same . A false statement is one which excites expectations only to disappoint them . And precisely in pro- portion to the number of different or corresponding ideas , when comparing a newly acquired chain with one of the ...
Side 21
... precisely in the same manner as two notes of music , or any other two successive states of mind , however distinct and difficult to amalgamate at first , by con- stant repetition fall mechanically one into the other . It is not the ...
... precisely in the same manner as two notes of music , or any other two successive states of mind , however distinct and difficult to amalgamate at first , by con- stant repetition fall mechanically one into the other . It is not the ...
Side 36
... only be kept in correction by appealing to the senses of others . The reality , indeed , of a thing , is nothing to us , but the belief , that it acts on the minds of others precisely as it acts upon our own 36 ON THE CULTIVATION.
... only be kept in correction by appealing to the senses of others . The reality , indeed , of a thing , is nothing to us , but the belief , that it acts on the minds of others precisely as it acts upon our own 36 ON THE CULTIVATION.
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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.