Studies of Nature, Volume 4J. Mawman, 1809 |
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... truth ; that , disposed to malign neither their enemies nor my own , I was not a fit person to be employed in cabal and intrigue ; that my feeble virtues , which they once so highly extolled , had procured me no- thing lucrative ; and ...
... truth ; that , disposed to malign neither their enemies nor my own , I was not a fit person to be employed in cabal and intrigue ; that my feeble virtues , which they once so highly extolled , had procured me no- thing lucrative ; and ...
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... truth , not generally known : namely , that Nature produces nothing which deserves to be hated ; and that her Author , hav- ing placed us in a career which must of neces- sity terminate in death , has furnished us with as many reasons ...
... truth , not generally known : namely , that Nature produces nothing which deserves to be hated ; and that her Author , hav- ing placed us in a career which must of neces- sity terminate in death , has furnished us with as many reasons ...
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... truths , that man was made to act and not to meditate . Hitherto I had exercised my mind , and suffered my body to rest ; I now inverted the order of that regimen : I exercised the body and gave repose to the mind . I renounced the ...
... truths , that man was made to act and not to meditate . Hitherto I had exercised my mind , and suffered my body to rest ; I now inverted the order of that regimen : I exercised the body and gave repose to the mind . I renounced the ...
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... - trench themselves under the patronage of those who have ? The greater part in truth begin with placing themselves on the knees of a man who 1 ficial red and white . Still less would he have is 68 SEQUEL TO THE STUDIES OF NATURE .
... - trench themselves under the patronage of those who have ? The greater part in truth begin with placing themselves on the knees of a man who 1 ficial red and white . Still less would he have is 68 SEQUEL TO THE STUDIES OF NATURE .
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... truths diffused over his writings ; but in other respects setting no extraordinary value on himself . I told him , one day , that a young lady had said to me , she would think herself happy in at- tending him as a servant , " Yes ...
... truths diffused over his writings ; but in other respects setting no extraordinary value on himself . I told him , one day , that a young lady had said to me , she would think herself happy in at- tending him as a servant , " Yes ...
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Page 459 - So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
Page 459 - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Page 454 - Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Page 459 - Else, when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
Page 459 - What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also : I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Page 22 - Amor, nec gramina rivis, nec cytiso saturantur apes, nec fronde capellae.' 30 tristis at ille ' tamen cantabitis, Arcades,' inquit, ' montibus haec vestris : soli cantare periti Arcades, o mihi turn quam molliter ossa quiescant, vestra meos olim si fistula dicat amores ! atque utinam ex vobis unus vestrique fuissem aut custos gregis aut maturae vinitor uvae...
Page 51 - AH black with smoke, a rocky island stood, The dark Vulcanian land, the region of the god. Here the grim Cyclops ply, in vaults profound, The huge /Eolian forge that thunders round.
Page 60 - Hunc tibi praeterea, spes et solatia nostri, Pallanta adjungam . Sub te tolerare magistro Militiam et grave Martis opus, tua cernere facta, Assuescat, primis et te miretur ab annis.
Page 52 - Tres imbris torti radios, tres nubis aquosae Addiderant ; rutili tres ignis et alitis austri : Fulgores nunc terrificos, sonitumque, metumque Miscebant operi, flammisque sequacibus iras.
Page 53 - Capacious of the whole Rutulian war, Some, orb in orb, the blazing buckler frame ; Some with huge bellows rouze the roaring flame : Some in the ftream the hiffing metals drown'd ; 605 ' From vault to vault the thund'ring ftrokes rebound, And the deep caves rebellow to the found.