Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... designed , formed , and sus- tains this wonderful universe , is himself im- material , I have at least proved , that he acts on matter without the intervention of mat- ter , that he acts by mere will , and that this will , without the ...
... designed , formed , and sus- tains this wonderful universe , is himself im- material , I have at least proved , that he acts on matter without the intervention of mat- ter , that he acts by mere will , and that this will , without the ...
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... designed him to resemble himself . The phænomena of the mind's action upon the various members of the body do also strikingly resemble what we have proved of the actions of the divine will . We will , -the foot , a toe is instantly ...
... designed him to resemble himself . The phænomena of the mind's action upon the various members of the body do also strikingly resemble what we have proved of the actions of the divine will . We will , -the foot , a toe is instantly ...
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... designed to support that moral by a continued allegory , and that for this purpose all their celestial machinery , as composed of mere ideal personages , was introduced . To admit the first , viz . that in the epic poems of the ancients ...
... designed to support that moral by a continued allegory , and that for this purpose all their celestial machinery , as composed of mere ideal personages , was introduced . To admit the first , viz . that in the epic poems of the ancients ...
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... designed it , or no , and fashioned his poem to this purpose , is very uncertain . — It is probable , that he took the tradition of the siege of Troy and the cha- racters of its principal actors , as they were committed to him , and ...
... designed it , or no , and fashioned his poem to this purpose , is very uncertain . — It is probable , that he took the tradition of the siege of Troy and the cha- racters of its principal actors , as they were committed to him , and ...
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... designed to be exhibited as beings of a superior order , and objects at least of popular reverence , they ought to be clothed with some dignity of character , and appear to be exempt from the follies and passions , which originate the ...
... designed to be exhibited as beings of a superior order , and objects at least of popular reverence , they ought to be clothed with some dignity of character , and appear to be exempt from the follies and passions , which originate the ...
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