The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 страница |
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... faid by a learned traveller , " that the Irish are still in poffeffion of certain cuf- toms utterly relinquished by the other nations of Europe ” —if so , then it proves that they are still in a state of society which is congenial to ...
... faid by a learned traveller , " that the Irish are still in poffeffion of certain cuf- toms utterly relinquished by the other nations of Europe ” —if so , then it proves that they are still in a state of society which is congenial to ...
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... faid , there are no people fo rude , but have fome religious worship - but this is not true - man in the Iron - Age , which we are now defcribing , has invariably been found untinctured with any principle of gratitude to the deity for ...
... faid , there are no people fo rude , but have fome religious worship - but this is not true - man in the Iron - Age , which we are now defcribing , has invariably been found untinctured with any principle of gratitude to the deity for ...
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... faid of the ca- thedral - he confiders it as his own vil- lage church upon a grander fcale . But an habitual exercife of the judgment is required to comprehend an idea , greatly fuperior to common exertion , as in the instance of the ...
... faid of the ca- thedral - he confiders it as his own vil- lage church upon a grander fcale . But an habitual exercife of the judgment is required to comprehend an idea , greatly fuperior to common exertion , as in the instance of the ...
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... faid it was the planet Venus , others Mercury , " & c . RUSHWORTH . + " A comet appeared ( fays the above historian ) to whose threatenings a learned knight boldly af- firmed that England ( and not Africa only , as fome out of flattery ...
... faid it was the planet Venus , others Mercury , " & c . RUSHWORTH . + " A comet appeared ( fays the above historian ) to whose threatenings a learned knight boldly af- firmed that England ( and not Africa only , as fome out of flattery ...
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... faid many years before it was put in practice ; but now , the doctrine is fo firmly established , that we do not at- tend to any opinion in natural philosophy unfupported by experiment . It was by experiment that Boyle fhewed the pro ...
... faid many years before it was put in practice ; but now , the doctrine is fo firmly established , that we do not at- tend to any opinion in natural philosophy unfupported by experiment . It was by experiment that Boyle fhewed the pro ...
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Æneid alſo artiſt becauſe beſt Brazen-Age cauſe circumſtances confequence confidered confift converfation courſe cuſtom defign diſcovered effect Engliſh Epitaph eſtabliſhed exift exiſtence expreffed faid fame fays feems fenfation fent fhall fhew fhort firft firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fource fpeaking ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe furely furniſh genius Gothic Gothic Architecture greateſt himſelf hiſtory honour houſe idea increaſed inftances inſtead Iron-Age juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs liberty meaſure ment modern moſt mufic muft muſic muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffages painting perfection perfons perhaps philofopher pleaſure poffeffion poffefs Pope preſent principle produced progrefs purpoſe reaſon replied reſpect reſt ſay Schâh ſcience ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhort ſhould Silver-Age ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſe taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thoſe thou Timur tion ture ufual unleſs uſe whofe wiſh worfe Zadib
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