Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volumen94Pub. for J. Hinton., 1794 |
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... ideas . And that this fyftem was not received univerfally , at a more early period , mult be afcribed entirely to the force of prejudice . Pythagoras thought that the eart was a moveable body , and fo far from being the centre of the ...
... ideas . And that this fyftem was not received univerfally , at a more early period , mult be afcribed entirely to the force of prejudice . Pythagoras thought that the eart was a moveable body , and fo far from being the centre of the ...
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... idea ; faying , that the earth turned from welt to eaft , juft as a wheel turns upon its axis or centre . And Plato ex tended this obfervation from the earth to the other planets ; according to At- ticus , the Platonic , who thus ...
... idea ; faying , that the earth turned from welt to eaft , juft as a wheel turns upon its axis or centre . And Plato ex tended this obfervation from the earth to the other planets ; according to At- ticus , the Platonic , who thus ...
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... idea of the wifdom and power of God intimates to us , that he may have placed crea- tures there to inhabit it , rather than that all this display of his skill should be a mere wafte . The ancients , who had not the aid of telescopes ...
... idea of the wifdom and power of God intimates to us , that he may have placed crea- tures there to inhabit it , rather than that all this display of his skill should be a mere wafte . The ancients , who had not the aid of telescopes ...
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... ideas of thofe great mafters on this fubject , after having rejected them during many ages . It would now be deemed an abfurdity in philofophy , to doubt of thofe ftars being funs like ours , each having planets of their own , which ...
... ideas of thofe great mafters on this fubject , after having rejected them during many ages . It would now be deemed an abfurdity in philofophy , to doubt of thofe ftars being funs like ours , each having planets of their own , which ...
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... idea ; for by forming an even horizontal line along the edge of the water , they give it the appearance of what it really is , an arm of the fea . ' Thus far Mr. Gilpin , and if his defcription does not give you fome idea of the fcenery ...
... idea ; for by forming an even horizontal line along the edge of the water , they give it the appearance of what it really is , an arm of the fea . ' Thus far Mr. Gilpin , and if his defcription does not give you fome idea of the fcenery ...
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Página 436 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
Página 408 - Son, This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it, Like to a tenement or pelting farm...
Página 408 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds...
Página 115 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Página 101 - Superstition, by which she endeavours to break those chains of benevolence and social affection that link the welfare of every particular with that of the whole. Remember, that the greatest honour you can pay to the Author of your being, is by such a cheerful behaviour as discovers a mind satisfied with his dispensations.
Página 360 - I. the court of king's bench, relying on some arbitrary precedents, and those perhaps misunderstood, determined that they could not upon a habeas corpus either bail or deliver a prisoner, though committed without any cause assigned, in case he was committed by the special command of the king, or by the lords of the privy council.
Página 114 - To give me audience : — If the midnight bell Did, with his iron tongue and brazen mouth, Sound one unto the drowsy race of night...
Página 359 - This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law issuing out of the court of king's bench not only in term time, but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions ; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.
Página 407 - O but they say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony: Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain. For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.
Página 410 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...