The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: To which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, Studies, and Writings, Band 1J. Johnson, 1818 |
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... tion . To all those who are pleased and edified by his writings , some account of his life and conversation will be interesting . They will naturally wish to hear a Treasurer of queen Anne's Bounty , a man of singular ex- cellence of ...
... tion . To all those who are pleased and edified by his writings , some account of his life and conversation will be interesting . They will naturally wish to hear a Treasurer of queen Anne's Bounty , a man of singular ex- cellence of ...
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... tion ; and in several of them he took an active part . But in familiar letters , not intended for the public éye ( as none of his ever were ) , and suggested by the incidents of the time , some of them trivial and do- mestic , there ...
... tion ; and in several of them he took an active part . But in familiar letters , not intended for the public éye ( as none of his ever were ) , and suggested by the incidents of the time , some of them trivial and do- mestic , there ...
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... tion . What I here say will be best understood by those who know what affection , what animation , is found in the first writers of the Christian church ; with what delight they dwell upon the wonders of the Christian plan , and comment ...
... tion . What I here say will be best understood by those who know what affection , what animation , is found in the first writers of the Christian church ; with what delight they dwell upon the wonders of the Christian plan , and comment ...
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... tion and entertainment , that I fell very soon into the same way of reading . Dr. Woodward the physician , who had been a fellow - labourer with Hutchinson , and followed very nearly the same principles , had made the natural history of ...
... tion and entertainment , that I fell very soon into the same way of reading . Dr. Woodward the physician , who had been a fellow - labourer with Hutchinson , and followed very nearly the same principles , had made the natural history of ...
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... tion to see , that I was rather losing ground in his estimation . Our college lectures on Geometry and Natural Philosophy ( which were not very deep ) we had gone through with some attention , and thought ourselves qualified to speak up ...
... tion to see , that I was rather losing ground in his estimation . Our college lectures on Geometry and Natural Philosophy ( which were not very deep ) we had gone through with some attention , and thought ourselves qualified to speak up ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 285 - But rise; let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsewhere; but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe...
Seite 139 - Heaven derive their light. These born to judge, as well as those to write. Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
Seite 393 - It is an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, "that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.
Seite xxxviii - Or the unseen genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the Studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light.
Seite 73 - Behold, he cometh with clouds ; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him : and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Seite 315 - Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools* that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
Seite xxxviii - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Seite 128 - Spiritus intus alit: totamque infusa per artus ' Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet ' Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum ' Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus.
Seite 235 - Yearly in our course returning, Messengers of shortest stay, Thus we preach this truth concerning, Heaven and earth shall pass away.
Seite 315 - ... 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 excellences of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance.