Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumul 105William Blackwood, 1869 |
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... known and famous in the ordinary world . Let it be understood , to begin with , that the present writer has no pretensions to touch the history of philosophy as a philosopher 2 [ Jan. Historical Sketches of the Reign of George II .
... known and famous in the ordinary world . Let it be understood , to begin with , that the present writer has no pretensions to touch the history of philosophy as a philosopher 2 [ Jan. Historical Sketches of the Reign of George II .
Pagina 9
... write on I say exists - that is , I can see and feel it — and if I am out of my study , I should say it existed , meaning thereby that if I were in my study I might perceive it , or that some other spirit actually does perceive it ...
... write on I say exists - that is , I can see and feel it — and if I am out of my study , I should say it existed , meaning thereby that if I were in my study I might perceive it , or that some other spirit actually does perceive it ...
Pagina 12
... writes to him that " my Lord Bishop Atterbury was very much con- cerned at missing you yesterday , " and entreats him to " provide your self of linen and other necessaries sufficient for the week ; for as I take you to be almost the ...
... writes to him that " my Lord Bishop Atterbury was very much con- cerned at missing you yesterday , " and entreats him to " provide your self of linen and other necessaries sufficient for the week ; for as I take you to be almost the ...
Pagina 14
... writes , from the sunny side of the Alps , to his dear Tom . The account of his 66 repu- travels contains , of course , nothing new to the modern reader ; indeed he acknowledges , even at that period , that " Italy is an exhausted ...
... writes , from the sunny side of the Alps , to his dear Tom . The account of his 66 repu- travels contains , of course , nothing new to the modern reader ; indeed he acknowledges , even at that period , that " Italy is an exhausted ...
Pagina 27
... writer has heard from an old lady , still living and enjoying life , an awful tale of the miseries of a houseful of Irish children , who were condemned to begin life daily with a cupful of tar - water , as late as the beginning of the ...
... writer has heard from an old lady , still living and enjoying life , an awful tale of the miseries of a houseful of Irish children , who were condemned to begin life daily with a cupful of tar - water , as late as the beginning of the ...
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Pagina 102 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Pagina 683 - Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots.
Pagina 501 - I have another and a far brighter vision before my gaze. It may be but a vision; but I will cherish it. I see one vast confederation stretching from the frozen North in unbroken line to the glowing South, and from the wild billows of the Atlantic westward to the calmer waters of the Pacific main ; and I see one people and one language and one law and one faith, and over all that wide continent the home of freedom and a refuge for the oppressed of every race and of every clime.
Pagina 683 - I dine, I play a game of backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when, after three or four hours...
Pagina 17 - But, say you, surely there is nothing easier than for me to imagine trees, for instance, in a park, or books existing in a closet, and nobody by to perceive them. I answer, you may so, there is no difficulty in it ; but what is all this, I beseech you, more than framing in your mind certain ideas which you call books and trees, and at the same time omitting to frame the idea of any one that may perceive them?
Pagina 230 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Pagina 24 - A Proposal for the Better Supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations, and for Converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be Erected in the Summer Islands, Otherwise Called the Isles of Bermuda . . . London, 1724 '[ Fothergill, John].
Pagina 26 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads, and noblest hearts.
Pagina 682 - The intense view of these manifold contradictions and imperfections in human reason has so wrought upon me, and heated my brain, that I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning, and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.
Pagina 649 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.