Memoirs of the Life of Sir James Mackintosh, Τόμος 1E. Moxon, 1836 |
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... equally philosophical in his character and in his genius , the father of modern chemistry , though his modesty and his indolence will render his name celebrated rather by the curious in the history of that science than by the rabble of ...
... equally philosophical in his character and in his genius , the father of modern chemistry , though his modesty and his indolence will render his name celebrated rather by the curious in the history of that science than by the rabble of ...
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... most mischievous and effectual of the above allure- ments arose not from the subject , but from the teacher . Among these , every one will number personal invective ; and it is equally true that the system must have 24 [ 1784 . LIFE OF THE.
... most mischievous and effectual of the above allure- ments arose not from the subject , but from the teacher . Among these , every one will number personal invective ; and it is equally true that the system must have 24 [ 1784 . LIFE OF THE.
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... equally false . The Brunonians were , as usual , more active and enterprising than their opponents of the establishment ; and whether they had any natural superiority or not , they had at least more active power . " In three months ...
... equally false . The Brunonians were , as usual , more active and enterprising than their opponents of the establishment ; and whether they had any natural superiority or not , they had at least more active power . " In three months ...
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... equally pure and delicate with his taste in literature . His mind is so comprehensive that gene- ralities cease to be barren ; and so vigorous , that detail itself becomes interesting . He introduces every question with perspicuity ...
... equally pure and delicate with his taste in literature . His mind is so comprehensive that gene- ralities cease to be barren ; and so vigorous , that detail itself becomes interesting . He introduces every question with perspicuity ...
Σελίδα 65
... equally difficult to remedy or to endure . The profligate expedients were exhausted , by which successive ministers had attempted to avert the great crisis , in which the credit and power of the government must perish . " The wise and ...
... equally difficult to remedy or to endure . The profligate expedients were exhausted , by which successive ministers had attempted to avert the great crisis , in which the credit and power of the government must perish . " The wise and ...
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Σελίδα 119 - ... if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which, as ships, pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other?
Σελίδα 410 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares—- The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
Σελίδα 455 - Light of Nature' is a work which, after much consideration, I think myself authorized to call the most original and profound that has ever appeared on moral philosophy.
Σελίδα 323 - Every where natural, he carried into public something of that simple and negligent exterior which belonged to him in private. When he began to speak, a common observer might have thought him...
Σελίδα 155 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Σελίδα 253 - Perhaps, my good friend, you have fallen into this error of superior natures. From this error has, I think, arisen that calamity with which it has pleased Providence to visit you, which to a mind less fortified by reason and religion...
Σελίδα 86 - In Michaelmas Term, 1795, accordingly, he was called to the Bar by the Society of Lincoln's Inn, and attached himself to the home circuit. He at the same time removed from a house in Charlotte Street, Portland Place, which had been his residence for some time, to what he calls, in a note of invitation to the late Mr. Canning, " his blackletter neighbourhood," and took a house in Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn.
Σελίδα 120 - Pentateuch ; and let any man, if he is able, tell me in what important respects the rule of life has varied since that distant period. Let the Institutes of Menu be explored with the same view; we shall arrive at the same conclusion. Let the books of false religion be opened; it will be found that their moral system is, in all its grand features, the same.
Σελίδα 115 - But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been; a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contemplation, and Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action.
Σελίδα 324 - I admired (says Mr. Gibbon), the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child: no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood.