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... union sto that opinion ) . The Scotch will moderate something somewhat ] of the
rigour of their demands ; the mutual necessity of an accord is visible , the King is
persuaded of it s , and all mankind but two or three mighty tender consciences ...
... union sto that opinion ) . The Scotch will moderate something somewhat ] of the
rigour of their demands ; the mutual necessity of an accord is visible , the King is
persuaded of it s , and all mankind but two or three mighty tender consciences ...
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... a Rabbinical 67 opinion concerning Manna : * Variety I ask not : give me one
To live perpetually upon . The person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the
taste of all in it 3 . ' Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some
encomias ...
... a Rabbinical 67 opinion concerning Manna : * Variety I ask not : give me one
To live perpetually upon . The person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the
taste of all in it 3 . ' Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some
encomias ...
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THEY were not always strictly curious whether the opinions 97 from which they
drew their illustrations were true ; it was enough for that they were popular .
Baćon remarks that some falsehoods are continued by tradition , because they
supply ...
THEY were not always strictly curious whether the opinions 97 from which they
drew their illustrations were true ; it was enough for that they were popular .
Baćon remarks that some falsehoods are continued by tradition , because they
supply ...
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From the charge of profaneness the constant tenour of his life , which seems to
have been eminently virtuous , and the general tendency of his opinions , which
discover no irreverence of religion , must defend him ; but that the accusation of ...
From the charge of profaneness the constant tenour of his life , which seems to
have been eminently virtuous , and the general tendency of his opinions , which
discover no irreverence of religion , must defend him ; but that the accusation of ...
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For to refer the original of all fountains to condensation , and afterwards to
dissolution of vapours under the earth , is one of the most unphilosophical
opinions in all Aristotle . ' Cowley ' s Works , 1674 , Davideis , p . 26 . See also ib .
p . 116 for ...
For to refer the original of all fountains to condensation , and afterwards to
dissolution of vapours under the earth , is one of the most unphilosophical
opinions in all Aristotle . ' Cowley ' s Works , 1674 , Davideis , p . 26 . See also ib .
p . 116 for ...
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Página 163 - In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral ; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind.
Página 276 - ... bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 20 - If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as wit which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just...
Página 78 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 100 - Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and Justice are virtues and excellencies of all times and of all places; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance.
Página 88 - This he steadily denies, and it was apparently not true ; but it seems plain, from his own verses to Diodati, that he had incurred
Página 292 - Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression is the most sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to the decoration of something more excellent than itself.
Página 136 - I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it " from the very beginning, for some years, as I " went from time to time to visit him, in parcels of " ten, twenty, or thirty verses at a time (which, " being written by whatever hand came next, might " possibly want correction as to the orthography
Página 440 - 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.