Essays on Various Subjects, 2 |
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... and thence is hastily inferred the supposed impossibility , that motion cannot
ensue unless from the action of body upon body . A singular inference in truth ,
while no attention is paid 1 to to the important question , Whence originates the ...
... and thence is hastily inferred the supposed impossibility , that motion cannot
ensue unless from the action of body upon body . A singular inference in truth ,
while no attention is paid 1 to to the important question , Whence originates the ...
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to the important question , Whence originates the motion of the first body ? Now
attending to this question , there appears not to be one motion on our Earth , or in
the whole system of Nature , which does not refer itself to mind , to the will of ...
to the important question , Whence originates the motion of the first body ? Now
attending to this question , there appears not to be one motion on our Earth , or in
the whole system of Nature , which does not refer itself to mind , to the will of ...
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It is not , however , my intention , to discuss the general question of the superiority
of the ancient poetry above that of the modern ; but only , as the genus
comprehends the species , to introduce the particular qiscussion , which is the
professed ...
It is not , however , my intention , to discuss the general question of the superiority
of the ancient poetry above that of the modern ; but only , as the genus
comprehends the species , to introduce the particular qiscussion , which is the
professed ...
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In order to form a dispassionate judgment of the question , it may be necessary to
discover , if we can , the foundation of that universal interest in history , which
every age and nation bear testimony to . For , it being an acknowledged fact , that
...
In order to form a dispassionate judgment of the question , it may be necessary to
discover , if we can , the foundation of that universal interest in history , which
every age and nation bear testimony to . For , it being an acknowledged fact , that
...
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There is but one considérable objection to this system , and that consists in the
following question : Whence did this stock of ideas , sentiments , and
determinations , which are transplanted from one mind to another , come
originally to exist ...
There is but one considérable objection to this system , and that consists in the
following question : Whence did this stock of ideas , sentiments , and
determinations , which are transplanted from one mind to another , come
originally to exist ...
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| Título | Essays on Various Subjects, 2 |
| Autor | George Walker |
| Editor | Johnson, 1809 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca de Cataluña |
| Digitalizado | 12 Feb. 2009 |
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