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Page 94
... Look at a man , or any other animal of prodigious strength , and what is your idea before reflection ? Is it that this strength will be subservient to you , to your ease , to your pleasure , to your interest in any sense ? No ; the ...
... Look at a man , or any other animal of prodigious strength , and what is your idea before reflection ? Is it that this strength will be subservient to you , to your ease , to your pleasure , to your interest in any sense ? No ; the ...
Page 95
... look at another strong animal , in the two distinct lights in which we may consider him . The horse in the light of a useful beast , fit for the plough , the road , the draft ; in every social , useful light , the horse has nothing ...
... look at another strong animal , in the two distinct lights in which we may consider him . The horse in the light of a useful beast , fit for the plough , the road , the draft ; in every social , useful light , the horse has nothing ...
Page 96
... look upon power we shall all along observe the sublime the concomitant of terror , and contempt the attendant on a strength that is subser- vient and innoxious . The race of dogs , in many of their kinds , have generally a competent ...
... look upon power we shall all along observe the sublime the concomitant of terror , and contempt the attendant on a strength that is subser- vient and innoxious . The race of dogs , in many of their kinds , have generally a competent ...
Page 98
... looks upon it as the last effort of philosophical fortitude , to behold without terror and amazement , this immense and glorious fabric of the universe : Hunc solem , et stellas , et decedentia certis Tempora momentis , sunt qui ...
... looks upon it as the last effort of philosophical fortitude , to behold without terror and amazement , this immense and glorious fabric of the universe : Hunc solem , et stellas , et decedentia certis Tempora momentis , sunt qui ...
Page 102
... look for the cause why a rotund has such a noble effect . For in a rotund , whether it be a building or a plantation , you can nowhere fix a boundary ; turn which way you will , the same object still seems to continue , and the ...
... look for the cause why a rotund has such a noble effect . For in a rotund , whether it be a building or a plantation , you can nowhere fix a boundary ; turn which way you will , the same object still seems to continue , and the ...
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