A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century: Part First; in Two Volumes: Containing a Sketch of the Revolutions and Improvements in Science, Arts, and Literature During that Period, Bind 1T. and J. Swords, 1803 - 510 sider |
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... various . On whatever part we cast the eye , important objects , and interesting lessons , present themselves to view . Out of these it will only be possible to select a few of the most conspicuous and striking , and to display each ...
... various . On whatever part we cast the eye , important objects , and interesting lessons , present themselves to view . Out of these it will only be possible to select a few of the most conspicuous and striking , and to display each ...
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... various turbulent passions of man , are the prime movers ; and that these passions are not only the same in every age , but are also stubborn , intractable , and by no means susceptible of the same variety of modification . which ...
... various turbulent passions of man , are the prime movers ; and that these passions are not only the same in every age , but are also stubborn , intractable , and by no means susceptible of the same variety of modification . which ...
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... various departments of learning have been purged of the dregs , and rescued from the rubbish with which the igno- rance and the inexperience of former times had en- cumbered them . At the close of the seventeenth century , the ...
... various departments of learning have been purged of the dregs , and rescued from the rubbish with which the igno- rance and the inexperience of former times had en- cumbered them . At the close of the seventeenth century , the ...
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... various parts of Europe ; and is supposed , by those who embrace it , to af- ford a very satisfactory solution of many difficul- ties to which former theories evidently gave rise ; to explain most happily the various phenomena of matter ...
... various parts of Europe ; and is supposed , by those who embrace it , to af- ford a very satisfactory solution of many difficul- ties to which former theories evidently gave rise ; to explain most happily the various phenomena of matter ...
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... various instruments for exhibiting the phenomena of this science , have generally kept pace with the gradual developement of its principles . Hence the honour of these improve- ments is , in general , due to the gentlemen already named ...
... various instruments for exhibiting the phenomena of this science , have generally kept pace with the gradual developement of its principles . Hence the honour of these improve- ments is , in general , due to the gentlemen already named ...
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Side ix - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Side 392 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Side 98 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Side 406 - The advantages of this instrument are, that its tones are incomparably sweet beyond those of any other ; that they may be swelled and softened at pleasure by stronger or weaker pressures of the finger, and continued to any length ; and that the instrument, being once well tuned, never again wants tuning.
Side 337 - But now the Great Map of Mankind is unrolled at once; and there is no state or Gradation of barbarism, and no mode of refinement which we have not at the same instant under our View.
Side xii - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Side 392 - Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste — in grace — in facility — in happy invention — and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ; for he communicated to that description of the art, in which English artists are most engaged, a variety...
Side 249 - The remote causes are certain sedative powers applied to the nervous system, which, diminishing the energy of the brain, thereby produce a debility in the whole of the functions, and particularly in the action of the extreme vessels.
Side 474 - For if an equal portion of each of these rays, one after another, be made to illuminate a minute object, a printed page for instance, it will not be seen distinctly at the same distance when illuminated by each. We must stand nearest the object when it is illuminated by the violet: we see distinctly at a somewhat greater distance when the object is illuminated by the indigo ray ; at a greater when vOL.
Side 392 - ... masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them; for he communicated to that description of the art, in which English artists are the most engaged, a variety, a fancy, and a dignity derived from the higher branches, which even those who professed them in a superior manner did not always preserve when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits he appeared not to be raised upon...