The Present State of the Republick of Letters. ...William and John Innys, at the West End of St. Paul's., 1729 |
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... person fpeaks , but leaves unde- termin'd the time fince which it is past . Scripfi ad te , I have writ to you : My action of writing is over , but I don't determine how long ago it has been fo . The plufperfect denotes an action both ...
... person fpeaks , but leaves unde- termin'd the time fince which it is past . Scripfi ad te , I have writ to you : My action of writing is over , but I don't determine how long ago it has been fo . The plufperfect denotes an action both ...
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... Persons of the first Rank and Quality ; if by Judges , in all other refpects , of the most elegant and delicate Tafte ; this Device has been admitted as a hap- py flight of wit : what reflection on our remote Ancestors , to imagine that ...
... Persons of the first Rank and Quality ; if by Judges , in all other refpects , of the most elegant and delicate Tafte ; this Device has been admitted as a hap- py flight of wit : what reflection on our remote Ancestors , to imagine that ...
Side 169
... person who up- braided him for his crimes in a masquerade ha- bit , is a very fhocking and horrid inftance of cruelty . Nor is that relating to Giovanni Lo- renzo , a Venetian , lefs inhuman and barbarous . But above all , I recommend ...
... person who up- braided him for his crimes in a masquerade ha- bit , is a very fhocking and horrid inftance of cruelty . Nor is that relating to Giovanni Lo- renzo , a Venetian , lefs inhuman and barbarous . But above all , I recommend ...
Side 409
... person who has read Bochart's Phaleg . ( however full of learning it may be ) whether any thing can be more ridiculous , than many of his notions which he confirms by arguments merely etymo- logical ; and that when any opinion which con ...
... person who has read Bochart's Phaleg . ( however full of learning it may be ) whether any thing can be more ridiculous , than many of his notions which he confirms by arguments merely etymo- logical ; and that when any opinion which con ...
Side 428
... person devoted to the worship of the Virgin , hung up a picture of her in an Oak he had in his vineyard , which grew fo famous for its miracles , that the Oak foon became cover'd with votive Offerings and rich Presents from di- ftant ...
... person devoted to the worship of the Virgin , hung up a picture of her in an Oak he had in his vineyard , which grew fo famous for its miracles , that the Oak foon became cover'd with votive Offerings and rich Presents from di- ftant ...
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Side 45 - The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other...
Side 183 - Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Side 48 - Though the whole creation frowns upon him, and all nature looks black about him, he has his light and support within him, that are able to cheer his mind, and bear him up in the midst of all those horrors which encompass him.
Side 46 - It would be an imperfection in him, were he able to remove out of one place into .another, or to withdraw himself from any thing he has created, or from any part of that space which is diffused and spread abroad to infinity.
Side 24 - ... out his play without minding the plot or beauties of it. And yet how few are there who attend to the drama of nature, its artificial structure, and...
Side 47 - Brutes and men have their sensoriola, or little sensoriums, by which they apprehend the presence and perceive the actions of a few objects that lie contiguous to them. Their knowledge and observation turn within a very narrow circle.
Side 202 - To draw the Eye, or to allure the Heart, Poor were the Praife in Fortune to excel, Yet want the Way to ufe that Fortune well.
Side 48 - ... and enliven all the powers of man. How happy therefore is an intellectual being, who, by prayer and meditation, by virtue and good works, opens this communication between God and his own...
Side 201 - As if Britannia now were funk fo low, To beg that peace fhe wonted to beftow. Be far that guilt ! be never known that...
Side 2 - Faith, in the Year of our Lord 258. Together with his Life. Written by his own Deacon Pontius. All done into English from the Oxford Edition, and illustrated with divers Notes.