The Life of Joseph Priestley1804 |
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... mankind . ” But while the friends of rational freedom were thus celebrating one of the most important events recorded in the history of man ; the mob increased in numbers and insolence , and about two hours subsequent to the meeting ...
... mankind . ” But while the friends of rational freedom were thus celebrating one of the most important events recorded in the history of man ; the mob increased in numbers and insolence , and about two hours subsequent to the meeting ...
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... mankind . In the course of his numerous experiments , made with air infected by animal respiration , he discovered that it was restored to its common purity by vegetation . From which he makes the following just conclusion : " Since the ...
... mankind . In the course of his numerous experiments , made with air infected by animal respiration , he discovered that it was restored to its common purity by vegetation . From which he makes the following just conclusion : " Since the ...
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... mankind . " These are the sentiments of a patriot and a man of virtue . His " Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit , " in which he considers the soul homo- geneous with the body , * gave great offence , and excited much alarm ...
... mankind . " These are the sentiments of a patriot and a man of virtue . His " Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit , " in which he considers the soul homo- geneous with the body , * gave great offence , and excited much alarm ...
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... mankind , long * before the invention of letters ; and it was one of the greatest incitements to virtue in the most polished ages of Greece and Rome . " The soul , secur'd in her existence , smiles At the drawn dagger , and defies its ...
... mankind , long * before the invention of letters ; and it was one of the greatest incitements to virtue in the most polished ages of Greece and Rome . " The soul , secur'd in her existence , smiles At the drawn dagger , and defies its ...
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... mankind . He then expatiates on the benefit to be derived from the study of history , as an improve- ment of the understanding . " By studying history , " as Lord Bolingbroke observes , " and examining all kinds of causes and effects ...
... mankind . He then expatiates on the benefit to be derived from the study of history , as an improve- ment of the understanding . " By studying history , " as Lord Bolingbroke observes , " and examining all kinds of causes and effects ...
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Page 66 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 83 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth ; yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Page 89 - The man resolv'd, and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles. And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Page 58 - The feeling of it to my lungs was not sensibly different from that of common air, but I fancied that my breast felt peculiarly light and easy for some time afterwards. Who can tell but that, in time, this pure air may become a fashionable article in luxury ? Hitherto, only two mice and myself have had the privilege of breathing it.
Page 36 - I am going (added he) to sleep as well as you, for death is only a good long sound sleep in the grave, and we shall meet again.
Page 55 - ... to the atmosphere by the respiration of such a number of animals, and the putrefaction of such masses of both vegetable and animal matter, is in part at least repaired by the vegetable creation. And notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air that is corrupted daily by the abovementioned causes; yet, if we consider the immense profusion of vegetables upon the face of the earth, growing in places suited to their nature, and consequently at full liberty to exert all their powers, both inhaling and...
Page 38 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
Page 89 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Page 35 - We shall all meet finally: we only require different degrees of discipline, suited to our different tempers, to prepare us for final happiness.
Page 57 - But perhaps we may also infer from these experiments that though pure dephlogisticated air might be very useful as a medicine, it might not be so proper for us in the usual healthy state of the body: for as a candle burns out much faster in dephlogisticated...