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Side 54
Our reason indeed afsures us that his attributes are infinite , but the poorness of
our conceptions is such that it cannot forbear setting bounds to every thing it
contemplates , until our reason comes again to our succour , and throws down all
...
Our reason indeed afsures us that his attributes are infinite , but the poorness of
our conceptions is such that it cannot forbear setting bounds to every thing it
contemplates , until our reason comes again to our succour , and throws down all
...
Side 112
Singularity , therefore , is only vicious when it makes men act contrary to reason ,
or when it puts them upon distinguishing themselves by trifles . As for the first of
theie , who are fingular in any thing that is irreligious , immoral , or dishonourable
...
Singularity , therefore , is only vicious when it makes men act contrary to reason ,
or when it puts them upon distinguishing themselves by trifles . As for the first of
theie , who are fingular in any thing that is irreligious , immoral , or dishonourable
...
Side 172
This is such an account of our frame , so agreeable to reason , so much for the
honour of our Maker , and the credit of our fpecies , that it may appear somewhat
unaccountable what should induce men to represent human nature as they do ...
This is such an account of our frame , so agreeable to reason , so much for the
honour of our Maker , and the credit of our fpecies , that it may appear somewhat
unaccountable what should induce men to represent human nature as they do ...
Side 175
Reason , it is certain , would oblige every man to pursue the general happiness
as the means to procure and establish his own ; and yet , if , besides this
consideration , there were not a natural instinct , prompting men to defire the
welfare and ...
Reason , it is certain , would oblige every man to pursue the general happiness
as the means to procure and establish his own ; and yet , if , besides this
consideration , there were not a natural instinct , prompting men to defire the
welfare and ...
Side 240
And this suggests the reason why good habits in gene• ral require longer time for
their settlement • than bad , and yet are sooner displaced ; the • reason is , that
vicious habits , as drunkenness « for s för instance , produce a change in the ...
And this suggests the reason why good habits in gene• ral require longer time for
their settlement • than bad , and yet are sooner displaced ; the • reason is , that
vicious habits , as drunkenness « for s för instance , produce a change in the ...
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Side 137 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Side 56 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Side 371 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Side 371 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Side 198 - In the next place, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them.
Side 55 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Side 57 - ... regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion ; for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...
Side 25 - Commodious manner, he marched off with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Side 54 - ... capacities, as they are creatures, that is, beings of finite and limited natures. The presence of every created being is confined to a certain measure of space ; and consequently his observation is stinted to a certain number of objects.
Side 104 - I am got into quotations, give me leave to add the saying of an old philosopher, who, after having invited some of his friends to dine with him, was ruffled by his wife that came into the room in a passion, and threw down the table that stood before them; ' every one,' says he, ' has his calamity, and he is a happy man that has no greater than this.
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | The Spectator. ... Volum 8 av The Spectator, H. Hughs |
| Bidragsyter | H. Hughs |
| Utgiver | H. Hughs, 1789 |
| Original fra | Oxford University |
| Digitalisert | 26. mar 2008 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |