Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary, Τόμος 1C. Dilly, 1789 - 466 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 17
... believe it requires a much more intimate acquaintance with the human mind than the acuteft philofopher can boaft , to be able to trace the origin and progrefs of all thofe affociations which contribute to the formation of pleafurable ...
... believe it requires a much more intimate acquaintance with the human mind than the acuteft philofopher can boaft , to be able to trace the origin and progrefs of all thofe affociations which contribute to the formation of pleafurable ...
Σελίδα 19
... believe it will be univerfally allowed , that his skill in difcriminating , and his attention to the preferva- tion , of his characters , conftitute a distinguished branch of his fuperior excellence . It is true , that in many other ...
... believe it will be univerfally allowed , that his skill in difcriminating , and his attention to the preferva- tion , of his characters , conftitute a distinguished branch of his fuperior excellence . It is true , that in many other ...
Σελίδα 31
... believe , Nature forms many Corneilles ; and I should as foon expect to fee another Newton in philofophy , as another Shake- fpeare in dramatic poetry . Voltaire pretends , indeed , that Lopez de Vega was 200 years ago , in Spain ...
... believe , Nature forms many Corneilles ; and I should as foon expect to fee another Newton in philofophy , as another Shake- fpeare in dramatic poetry . Voltaire pretends , indeed , that Lopez de Vega was 200 years ago , in Spain ...
Σελίδα 34
... believe human nature to be constituted on certain fixed and immutable principles , and who are confequently inclined to believe , that op- pofite effects cannot well proceed from fimilar caufes in fimilar circumftances . Certainly Mr ...
... believe human nature to be constituted on certain fixed and immutable principles , and who are confequently inclined to believe , that op- pofite effects cannot well proceed from fimilar caufes in fimilar circumftances . Certainly Mr ...
Σελίδα 40
... believe that , in the course of more than forty years , these arts fhould not have been detected ? It is furely paying an ill compliment to the fagacity of the nation to fuppofe the contrary ; but if at that time a full perfuafion of ...
... believe that , in the course of more than forty years , these arts fhould not have been detected ? It is furely paying an ill compliment to the fagacity of the nation to fuppofe the contrary ; but if at that time a full perfuafion of ...
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
Essays, Philosophical, Historical, and Literary: In Two Volumes. ... William Belsham Πλήρης προβολή - 1790 |
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abfolutely abfurd affert againſt almoſt amongſt anſwer appear becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe Chriſtianity circumftances confequence confiderable confidered confifts conftitution degree demonftrate diſtinguiſhed divine doctrine Effay effential Engliſh eſtabliſhed evidence Evremond exift exiſtence exprefs fame favour fecure feems fenfe fentiments fhall fhort fhould firſt fituation fome fpecies fpirit ftate ftill fubfift fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport furely fyftem Genius happineſs heroic couplet higheſt himſelf Houfe Houſe human impoffible inftance intereft inveſtigation itſelf juft juftice juftly juſt King leaſt lefs Liberty Locke meaſure ment Metaphyfics mind moft moral moſt motive muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity notwithſtanding obfervations occafion oppofite paffages paffed Parliament perfons philofophical pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent pretended principles profe proof purpoſe queſtion reafon refpect refult reign religion ſeems Shakeſpeare ſhe ſtate ſyſtem taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe verfe virtue volition Walpole whofe wiſdom
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Σελίδα 29 - To hear the solemn curfew ; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war : to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
Σελίδα 409 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher, Death; and God adore. What future bliss, He gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never Is, but always To be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Σελίδα 68 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Σελίδα 413 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.
Σελίδα 22 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Σελίδα 22 - O, that the slave had forty thousand lives ! One is too poor, too weak for my revenge. Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, lago ; All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven : 'Tis gone. Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell ! Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne To tyrannous hate ! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught, For 'tis of aspics
Σελίδα 414 - Suns run lawless thro' the sky; Let ruling Angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on Being wreck'd, and world on world; Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature tremble to the throne of God.
Σελίδα 415 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Σελίδα 401 - This Essay affords an egregious instance of the predominance of genius, the dazzling splendour of imagery, and the seductive powers of eloquence. Never were penury of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment so happily disguised. The reader feels his mind full, though he learns nothing ; and, when he meets it in its new array, no longer knows the talk of his mother and his nurse.
Σελίδα 343 - Man feems to me fo aftonifhing an object of temporary admiration as the celebrated friend of the Lord Brooke, the famous Sir Philip Sidney. The learned of Europe dedicated their works to Him; the republic of Poland thought him at leaft worthy to be in the nomination for their crown. All the mufes of England wept his death. When we at this diftance of time inquire what prodigious merits excited fuch admiration, what do we find ? Great valour.