The Book of NatureHarper & Brothers, 1834 - 467 páginas |
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Página xviii
... chiefly induces him to hope for a favourable reception of them in their present form . The progress of time , and the mental activity with which it has been followed up , have strikingly confirmed various hints and opinions which he ...
... chiefly induces him to hope for a favourable reception of them in their present form . The progress of time , and the mental activity with which it has been followed up , have strikingly confirmed various hints and opinions which he ...
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... chiefly developed in modern times by Bishop Berkeley and Mr. Hume . Their premises are indeed somewhat different , but their conclusion is the same ; excepting that the argument is pressed much farther by the latter than was ever ...
... chiefly developed in modern times by Bishop Berkeley and Mr. Hume . Their premises are indeed somewhat different , but their conclusion is the same ; excepting that the argument is pressed much farther by the latter than was ever ...
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... chiefly students in the Platonic school ; and to suppose the existence of matter as an inde- pendent and eternal principle . " God , " says the sublime but mistaken foun- der of this school , " wills , as far as it is possible , every ...
... chiefly students in the Platonic school ; and to suppose the existence of matter as an inde- pendent and eternal principle . " God , " says the sublime but mistaken foun- der of this school , " wills , as far as it is possible , every ...
Página 41
... chiefly been employed in applying and building up the discovery . And it is not the least important part of this discovery , that not only in the union or separation of simple substances , but in all well- known and more complicated ...
... chiefly been employed in applying and building up the discovery . And it is not the least important part of this discovery , that not only in the union or separation of simple substances , but in all well- known and more complicated ...
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... chiefly differs from that of Plato , by interweaving into it his fourth prin- ciple , derived from Democritus , and the other Atomic philosophers , and which he seems to have added to it with a view of providing a proper theatre for the ...
... chiefly differs from that of Plato , by interweaving into it his fourth prin- ciple , derived from Democritus , and the other Atomic philosophers , and which he seems to have added to it with a view of providing a proper theatre for the ...
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Página xii - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Página 435 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, . Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 436 - Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance haiL Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She...
Página 355 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE; in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Página 39 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead. Then cold and hot and moist and dry In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 46 - While the Particles continue entire, they may compose Bodies of one and the same Nature and Texture in all Ages : But should they wear away, or break in pieces, the Nature of Things depending on them would be changed.
Página 341 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Página 335 - God and immortality, without the help of metaphysics : for they say there is a Great King, who made them, who dwells in a glorious country to the southward of them ; and that the souls of the good shall go thither, where they shall live again. Their worship consists of two parts, sacrifice and cantico. Their sacrifice is their first fruits. The first and fattest buck they kill goeth to the fire, where he is all burnt, with a mournful ditty of him...
Página 408 - Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil, and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness are there, And piety with 'wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love.
Página 453 - The flame was dim and distant; the moon hid her red face in the east. A blast came from the mountain, on its wings was the spirit of Loda. He came to his place in his terrors, and shook his dusky spear. His eyes appear like flames in his dark face; his voice is like distant thunder.