Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 sider |
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... to involuntary motions ; confequently he , who created thy body , gives motion to this earthly ta- bernacle . And are the feveral ideas of B 6 which which thy foul receives the impreffion form'd by thy felf the ENGLISH NATION . II.
... to involuntary motions ; confequently he , who created thy body , gives motion to this earthly ta- bernacle . And are the feveral ideas of B 6 which which thy foul receives the impreffion form'd by thy felf the ENGLISH NATION . II.
Side 12
... ideas from him who created thy foul But as he leaves thy affections at full liberty , he gives thy mind fuch ideas as thy affections may deferve ; if thou liveft in God , thou actest , thou thinkest in God . After this thou needeft only ...
... ideas from him who created thy foul But as he leaves thy affections at full liberty , he gives thy mind fuch ideas as thy affections may deferve ; if thou liveft in God , thou actest , thou thinkest in God . After this thou needeft only ...
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... idea which we must confefs was very fublime . Epicurus maintain'd that it was compos'd of parts in the fame manner as the body . ARISTOTLE , who has been explain'd a thoufand ways , because he is unintelligible , was of opinion ...
... idea which we must confefs was very fublime . Epicurus maintain'd that it was compos'd of parts in the fame manner as the body . ARISTOTLE , who has been explain'd a thoufand ways , because he is unintelligible , was of opinion ...
Side 79
... idea of the foul , and yet wrote in fuch a man- ner , that one would conclude they were refolv'd no one fhould understand a word in their writings . Des Cartes , born not to discover the errors of antiquity , but to fub- ftitute his own ...
... idea of the foul , and yet wrote in fuch a man- ner , that one would conclude they were refolv'd no one fhould understand a word in their writings . Des Cartes , born not to discover the errors of antiquity , but to fub- ftitute his own ...
Side 80
... ideas ; in a word , completely en- dued with the moft fublime lights , which it unhappily forgets at its iffuing from the womb . FATHER Malebranche , in his fublime illufions , not only admitted innate ideas , but did not doubt of our ...
... ideas ; in a word , completely en- dued with the moft fublime lights , which it unhappily forgets at its iffuing from the womb . FATHER Malebranche , in his fublime illufions , not only admitted innate ideas , but did not doubt of our ...
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Side 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Side 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Side 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Side 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Side 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Side 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Side 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Side 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Side 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Side 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.