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... treat of them with propriety . I fhall not enlarge upon the vicinity of the Alps , the nature of the Apennine mountains , the many marble quarries , the great variety of foreign marbles employed by the Ancients , the alum works at Tolfa ...
... treat of them with propriety . I fhall not enlarge upon the vicinity of the Alps , the nature of the Apennine mountains , the many marble quarries , the great variety of foreign marbles employed by the Ancients , the alum works at Tolfa ...
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... fubordinate worship . As this is a matter on which the Trinitarians much affect to triumph , we have expreffed our wish that it were more dif tinctly tinctly treated of , by the oppofers of the fupreme Letters on the Worship of Chrift . 41.
... fubordinate worship . As this is a matter on which the Trinitarians much affect to triumph , we have expreffed our wish that it were more dif tinctly tinctly treated of , by the oppofers of the fupreme Letters on the Worship of Chrift . 41.
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SEVERAL HANDS. tinctly treated of , by the oppofers of the fupreme divinity of our Lord . Such a diftinct confideration of the fubject is prefented by the able writer before us , in anfwer to a fermon preached by DA Horne , before the ...
SEVERAL HANDS. tinctly treated of , by the oppofers of the fupreme divinity of our Lord . Such a diftinct confideration of the fubject is prefented by the able writer before us , in anfwer to a fermon preached by DA Horne , before the ...
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... treated this point fully in my lectures on foffils . Scientifical refearches in regard to the arrangement of animals are to be held in the fame light , as chemical L chemical ones in regard to fofils : they are the Mendez da Cofta's ...
... treated this point fully in my lectures on foffils . Scientifical refearches in regard to the arrangement of animals are to be held in the fame light , as chemical L chemical ones in regard to fofils : they are the Mendez da Cofta's ...
Página 96
... treated , we prefume , without much ceremony . Formerly , indeed , we have diftinguished fomething more of a virgin elegance and fim- plicity in her , though never much modefty : fhe now resembles a Bath milliner , with an immenfity of ...
... treated , we prefume , without much ceremony . Formerly , indeed , we have diftinguished fomething more of a virgin elegance and fim- plicity in her , though never much modefty : fhe now resembles a Bath milliner , with an immenfity of ...
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Página 211 - ... modesty, and without even the slightest tincture of malignity, so frequently- the disagreeable source of what is called wit in other men. It never was the meaning of his raillery to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight even those who were the objects of it.
Página 209 - I thought I might say to him, ' Good Charon, I have been correcting my works for a new edition. Allow me a little time that I may see how the public receives the alterations.
Página 211 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Página 206 - Discourses, the only work of mine that was successful on the first publication. It was well received abroad and at home. In the same year was published at London, my Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals ; which, in my own opinion (who ought not to judge on that subject), is of all my writings, historical, philosophical, or literary, incomparably the best. It came unnoticed and unobserved into the world.
Página 208 - ... religious factions, they seemed to be disarmed in my behalf of their wonted fury. My friends never had occasion to vindicate any one circumstance of my character and conduct: not but that the zealots, we may well suppose, would have been glad to invent and propagate any story to my disadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot...
Página 330 - At eve within yon studious nook, I ope my brass-embossed book, Portray'd with many a holy deed Of martyrs, crown'd with heavenly meed : Then, as my taper waxes dim, Chant, ere I sleep, my measured hymn ; And at the close, the gleams behold Of parting wings bedropt with gold.
Página 427 - It has been often observed that the good and virtuous man alone can acquire this true or just relish, even of works of art. This opinion will not appear entirely without foundation when we consider that the same habit of mind which is acquired by our search after truth in the more serious duties of life, is only transferred to the pursuit of lighter amusements : the same disposition, the...
Página 286 - The vigour which it gives the mind, and the weight which it adds to character ; the generous sentiments which it breathes, the undaunted spirit which it inspires, the...
Página 206 - In 1752, the Faculty of Advocates chose me their Librarian, an Office from which I received little or no Emolument, but which gave me the Command of a large Library. I then formed the Plan of writing the History of England...
Página 281 - True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us, and to the common nature of which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants ; and from just views of the condition, and the duty of man.