Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, Том 5H. Colburn, 1829 |
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... person of my small experience to discourse on them after you . BARROW . Let me hear , however , what you have to say , since at least it will be dispassionate . NEWTON . Those who now write history do certainly write it to gratify a ...
... person of my small experience to discourse on them after you . BARROW . Let me hear , however , what you have to say , since at least it will be dispassionate . NEWTON . Those who now write history do certainly write it to gratify a ...
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... person , or to poetry , for which I have no call ; or to the composition of essays , such as those of Montaigne and Bacon , or dialogues , such as those of Cicero and Plato , and , nearer our times , of Erasmus and Galileo . You had ...
... person , or to poetry , for which I have no call ; or to the composition of essays , such as those of Montaigne and Bacon , or dialogues , such as those of Cicero and Plato , and , nearer our times , of Erasmus and Galileo . You had ...
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... person can see more clearly than you do , the mortifications to which the ambitious are subject but some may fall into the snares of ambition , whose nature was ever averse to it , and whose wisdom would almost reach any thing , and ...
... person can see more clearly than you do , the mortifications to which the ambitious are subject but some may fall into the snares of ambition , whose nature was ever averse to it , and whose wisdom would almost reach any thing , and ...
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... persons who constitute such coun- cils , you would think the word cabinet quite as applicable to them , as to cards or counters , or mi- niature pictures , or essences or pots of pomatum , or pots of any other kind , or what not ...
... persons who constitute such coun- cils , you would think the word cabinet quite as applicable to them , as to cards or counters , or mi- niature pictures , or essences or pots of pomatum , or pots of any other kind , or what not ...
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... person suspected to dismiss a servant . is no longer bound to fidelity , is the axiom of a nation , in which fidelity is readier to quit a man than suspicion is . It cost me many hours of inquiry , to search into the propriety of his ...
... person suspected to dismiss a servant . is no longer bound to fidelity , is the axiom of a nation , in which fidelity is readier to quit a man than suspicion is . It cost me many hours of inquiry , to search into the propriety of his ...
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admire altho arcons atheism Bacon BARROW beauty believe better blessing Caius Marius called CATHARINE christianity church Cicero COTTON creature DASHKOF dear divine doth doubt earth enemy England English EPICURUS equal eyes faith fancy father genius give glory GODIVA greater hand hath hear heard heart honour hope idle imagine Izaac juggler KAIDO king labour leave LEOFRIC LEONTION less live look Lord Majesty MARIUS master ment METELLUS MICHEL MIGUEL mind Mordaunt MOTHER never NEWTON NICOLAS Numantia OLDWAYS opinion Orithyia peace PELEUS PENN perhaps permitt PETERBOROUGH philosophers Plato pleasure poets priests prince privy counsellor rajah Rao-Gong-Fao reason reflexion religion Russia shew speak stil tell TERNISSA thee Theophrastus THETIS thing thou art thou hast thought thro truth virtue WALTON whole wilt wisdom wise wiser wish wonder words worse write ZAVELLAS
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Страница 56 - Arras, opened and put abroad:" whereby the imagery doth appear in figure ; whereas in thoughts they lie but as in packs.
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Страница 44 - Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation ; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not ; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.
Страница 55 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another : he tosseth his thoughts more easily ; he...
Страница 21 - Truth may, perhaps, come to the price of a pearl that showeth best by day, but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle that showeth best in varied lights.