Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... beautiful , and beneficent universe . True philosophy does not guide facts , but is guided by them ; she supposes nothing ; she simply infers , but only on the authority of facts . Her steps are modest but sure ; and though her pro ...
... beautiful , and beneficent universe . True philosophy does not guide facts , but is guided by them ; she supposes nothing ; she simply infers , but only on the authority of facts . Her steps are modest but sure ; and though her pro ...
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... beautiful , and the useful in this wonderful universe , among which I include the involuntary motions of the human system . These are so nu- merous , that to examine them all , and trace them to their originating cause , would be as ...
... beautiful , and the useful in this wonderful universe , among which I include the involuntary motions of the human system . These are so nu- merous , that to examine them all , and trace them to their originating cause , would be as ...
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... beautiful and sub- lime in thought and expression ; the graces of our own poets are either wholly unknown , or but transiently and partially introduced to us ; and Milton and Shakespeare are but second names with us . It is also ...
... beautiful and sub- lime in thought and expression ; the graces of our own poets are either wholly unknown , or but transiently and partially introduced to us ; and Milton and Shakespeare are but second names with us . It is also ...
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... beautiful , and sublime . But this would be of little moment , if it acted not with a ma- lignant influence on future genius . That gift , which nature , not art or rule , confers , is not permitted freely to exert itself ; fancy is ...
... beautiful , and sublime . But this would be of little moment , if it acted not with a ma- lignant influence on future genius . That gift , which nature , not art or rule , confers , is not permitted freely to exert itself ; fancy is ...
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... her majesty must supplicate the aid of a savage god in some wild region , who has the winds imprisoned in a cave , and she debauches I 2 him him from his duty by the promise of a beautiful OF THE ANCIENT EPIC POEM . 115.
... her majesty must supplicate the aid of a savage god in some wild region , who has the winds imprisoned in a cave , and she debauches I 2 him him from his duty by the promise of a beautiful OF THE ANCIENT EPIC POEM . 115.
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