The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 страница |
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... opinion of the ancients , and perhaps of the moderns , I fhall , in treating this fubject , invert the order , and endeavour to prove , that the first was the Iron - Age , and the last , when it shall please Heaven to fend it , will be ...
... opinion of the ancients , and perhaps of the moderns , I fhall , in treating this fubject , invert the order , and endeavour to prove , that the first was the Iron - Age , and the last , when it shall please Heaven to fend it , will be ...
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... opinion of Voltaire , who must not be thought deficient in truth because he abounds in vivacity . Were I difpofed to depreciate one of our famous moderns , it would be an hiftorian whofe reputation is much too great to be hurt by fo ...
... opinion of Voltaire , who must not be thought deficient in truth because he abounds in vivacity . Were I difpofed to depreciate one of our famous moderns , it would be an hiftorian whofe reputation is much too great to be hurt by fo ...
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... and the mo- derns more natural . We agree with Locke because we are afraid to differ from him ; but we join in opinion with Beattie , because he seems to have brought down down his pofitions and arguments to a level with our [ 54 ]
... and the mo- derns more natural . We agree with Locke because we are afraid to differ from him ; but we join in opinion with Beattie , because he seems to have brought down down his pofitions and arguments to a level with our [ 54 ]
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... opinion in natural philosophy unfupported by experiment . It was by experiment that Boyle fhewed the pro- perties of the atmosphere , and that New- ton confirmed all his fublime theories . Halley took long voyages to perfect , or ...
... opinion in natural philosophy unfupported by experiment . It was by experiment that Boyle fhewed the pro- perties of the atmosphere , and that New- ton confirmed all his fublime theories . Halley took long voyages to perfect , or ...
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... opinion of the English , that the French fhips fail better than their own . If this were fo , it seems difficult to account for the French ships not getting away from ours when it is their * Since writing the above , the Spaniards have ...
... opinion of the English , that the French fhips fail better than their own . If this were fo , it seems difficult to account for the French ships not getting away from ours when it is their * Since writing the above , the Spaniards have ...
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Æneid alfo alſo arife artiſt becauſe beſt Brazen-Age cauſe circumſtances confequence confidered converfation courſe cuſtom defire deſtroyed effect Epitaph eſtabliſhed exift exiſtence expreffed faid fame fays feems fenfation 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 hiſtorical honour houſe idea increaſed inftances inftrument inſtead Iron-Age Johnſon 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 pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion Pope preſent principle produced progrefs purpoſe reaſon replied reſemblance reſt ſay ſcarce Schâh ſcience ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhould Silver-Age ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſe taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Timur tion ture ufual uſe Voltaire whofe wiſh worfe Zadib
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