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... tion of references in his own copy , or on de- tached papers , designed either to confirm and illustrate some of his positions , or to enliven and diversify the narrative . Of these , as may be easily supposed , a great number were lost ...
... tion of references in his own copy , or on de- tached papers , designed either to confirm and illustrate some of his positions , or to enliven and diversify the narrative . Of these , as may be easily supposed , a great number were lost ...
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... connected with the avowed subject of it . It is presumed , however , that the information conveyed in his digressions will , by its amusement or instruc- tion , more than compensate his seeming inat- tention to PREFACE . xi.
... connected with the avowed subject of it . It is presumed , however , that the information conveyed in his digressions will , by its amusement or instruc- tion , more than compensate his seeming inat- tention to PREFACE . xi.
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Gilbert Wakefield Arnold Wainewright, John Towill Rutt. tion , more than compensate his seeming inat- tention to the strictness of method . Should the translation of his classical quo- tations be deemed superfluous , it may be ob- served ...
Gilbert Wakefield Arnold Wainewright, John Towill Rutt. tion , more than compensate his seeming inat- tention to the strictness of method . Should the translation of his classical quo- tations be deemed superfluous , it may be ob- served ...
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... tion with such application to useful litera- ture , as precarious health , embarrassed cir- cumstances , perpetual change of residence , and numerous avocations , would allow : I am , I say , firmly persuaded , that such a life ...
... tion with such application to useful litera- ture , as precarious health , embarrassed cir- cumstances , perpetual change of residence , and numerous avocations , would allow : I am , I say , firmly persuaded , that such a life ...
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... tion of unpensioned philosophy , in compe- tition with preferments , when the condi- tions of acceptance are inconsistent with freedom of enquiry , a love of truth , and the injunctions of Christianity . " d Parad . Lost , viii . 571 ...
... tion of unpensioned philosophy , in compe- tition with preferments , when the condi- tions of acceptance are inconsistent with freedom of enquiry , a love of truth , and the injunctions of Christianity . " d Parad . Lost , viii . 571 ...
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Page 309 - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Page 345 - People have now a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken. I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach chymistry by lectures : — You might teach- making of shoes by lectures...
Page 335 - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.
Page 122 - ... the church; to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends, I was destined of a child, and in mine own resolutions, till coming to some maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the church, that he who would take orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath...
Page 45 - Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus Posset, quid Augusti paternus In pueros animus Nerones. Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis ; Est in juvencis, est in equis patrum Virtus...
Page 121 - Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Page 308 - Lift the faint head, and bend the imploring eye; Till Death, in kindness, from the tortured breast Calls the free spirit to the realms of rest. Shame to Mankind! But shame to BRITONS most, Who all the sweets of Liberty can boast; Yet, deaf to every human claim, deny That bliss to others, which themselves enjoy: Life's bitter draught with harsher bitter fill; Blast every joy, and add to every ill; The trembling limbs with galling iron bind, Nor loose the heavier bondage of the mind.
Page 122 - ... coming to some maturity of years and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the Church, that he who would take Orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath withal, which unless he took with a conscience that would retch he must either straight perjure, or split his faith, I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking bought, and begun with servitude and forswearing.
Page 539 - And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover Sighing like furnace, with a woful ballad Made to his mistress
Page 73 - ... pursuit of it, if he does not excite our astonishment by the rapidity of his strides, he, at least, secures our confidence by the firmness of his step. To the examination of positions advanced by other men, he always brought a mind, which neither prepossession had seduced, nor malevolence polluted.