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... performance of any act in one way only . Whichever of these it may be , it is , without doubt , one of the strongest examples of pure instinct , or of the most circuitous reason- ing any insect is capable of . The eggs thus deposited I ...
... performance of any act in one way only . Whichever of these it may be , it is , without doubt , one of the strongest examples of pure instinct , or of the most circuitous reason- ing any insect is capable of . The eggs thus deposited I ...
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... performance ; and we think that they will agree with us , that the manner in which the subject is treated by Aristotle did not deserve his Lordship's censure . We could select many passages from it , of which the dignity , the good ...
... performance ; and we think that they will agree with us , that the manner in which the subject is treated by Aristotle did not deserve his Lordship's censure . We could select many passages from it , of which the dignity , the good ...
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... performance . An original letter , in 1735 , introduced in the early part of this work , fell into his hands , as one of the executors of the late Mr. Booth , a gentleman of great eminence in his profession , and con- temporary with Mr ...
... performance . An original letter , in 1735 , introduced in the early part of this work , fell into his hands , as one of the executors of the late Mr. Booth , a gentleman of great eminence in his profession , and con- temporary with Mr ...
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... performance of such superior merit , however , it might justly be deemed uncandid to particularise too much , or to dwell on slight errors . The sentiments interspersed throughout the poem are generally just , and frequently expressed ...
... performance of such superior merit , however , it might justly be deemed uncandid to particularise too much , or to dwell on slight errors . The sentiments interspersed throughout the poem are generally just , and frequently expressed ...
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... performance of great and good actions , our respect for them knows little bounds . It may , perhaps , be peculiar to an history of Cumberland , that its biography is filled , chiefly , with accounts of low and poor persons . It has ...
... performance of great and good actions , our respect for them knows little bounds . It may , perhaps , be peculiar to an history of Cumberland , that its biography is filled , chiefly , with accounts of low and poor persons . It has ...
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Seite 391 - So pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th...
Seite 70 - A little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on; For yonder bank hath choice of sun or shade, There I am wont to sit, when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil, Daily...
Seite 419 - It is hardly necessary to add that anything which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can continue to furnish without limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in the manner the Heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be MOTION.
Seite 474 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Seite 389 - He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softnesses of love.
Seite 153 - Accordingly, no geometrical proposition, as, for instance, that any two sides of a triangle are greater than the third side, can ever be derived from the general conceptions of line and triangle, but only from perception.
Seite 407 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
Seite 287 - ... and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
Seite 39 - ... chopped logic; for he has a violent affection to that art, being in some sort his own invention; so that he often loses himself in little trifling distinctions and verbal niceties, and what is worse, leaves you to extricate yourself as you can.
Seite 124 - Learn from yon orient shell to love thy foe, And store with pearls the hand that brings thee woe : Free, like yon rock, from base vindictive pride, Emblaze with gems the wrist that rends thy side : Mark where yon tree rewards the stony shower With fruit nectareous, or the balmy flower : All Nature calls aloud — " Shall man do less Than heal the smiter, and the railer bless ?