Winter Evenings, Or, Lucubrations on Life and Letters, Volumul 2John Ronalds, 1805 |
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Pagina 28
... excellence . Can the keeping of a chariot be a proof of pre - eminence of knowledge ? Certainly not . But such is the world , that the physician on foot stands no chance of being employ- ed , if his rival rides in his chariot . The ...
... excellence . Can the keeping of a chariot be a proof of pre - eminence of knowledge ? Certainly not . But such is the world , that the physician on foot stands no chance of being employ- ed , if his rival rides in his chariot . The ...
Pagina 36
... excellence . He who excels , as a pleasant and lively companion , may be deficient in judgment , in accuracy , in a power of at- tention and labor ; and he who excels in these , may want the versatility , the gaiety , the cheerfulness ...
... excellence . He who excels , as a pleasant and lively companion , may be deficient in judgment , in accuracy , in a power of at- tention and labor ; and he who excels in these , may want the versatility , the gaiety , the cheerfulness ...
Pagina 47
... excellence , which , though it may never reach , invites by its beautiful appearance , to heights of improvements which it would never otherwise have at- tained . Platonism , when carried to extremes , like all other doctrines ...
... excellence , which , though it may never reach , invites by its beautiful appearance , to heights of improvements which it would never otherwise have at- tained . Platonism , when carried to extremes , like all other doctrines ...
Pagina 49
... excellence in the performance ; and , if their decision should be over - ruled by sinister arts , they can easily punish the delinquent by withdrawing their presence from an entertainment which , under bad management , ceases to afford ...
... excellence in the performance ; and , if their decision should be over - ruled by sinister arts , they can easily punish the delinquent by withdrawing their presence from an entertainment which , under bad management , ceases to afford ...
Pagina 52
... excellence . Julius Cæsar Scaliger , who became a prodigy of learn- ing , did not commence the study of Greek till he was nearly forty . He did not even know the Greek charac- ters till about that time ; nor did he devote himself en ...
... excellence . Julius Cæsar Scaliger , who became a prodigy of learn- ing , did not commence the study of Greek till he was nearly forty . He did not even know the Greek charac- ters till about that time ; nor did he devote himself en ...
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Pagina 128 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Pagina 209 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Pagina 209 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Pagina 208 - And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom : but they could not. Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
Pagina 28 - They will either teach you so to regulate your conduct as to be able to set the most malicious inquiries at defiance ; or, if that be a lost hope, they will teach you prudence enough not to attract the public attention to a character which will only pass without censure when it passes without observation.
Pagina 131 - All the Books of the Bible are either already most admirable, and exalted pieces of Poesie, or are the best Materials in the world for it. Yet, though they be in themselves so proper to be made use of for this purpose ; None but a good Artist will know how to do it : neither must we think to cut and polish Diamonds with so little pains and skill as we do Marble. For if any man design to compose a Sacred Poem, by only turning a story of the Scripture, like Mr. Quarles's, or some other godly matter,...
Pagina 84 - Gramineae" — the last of the natural orders elaborated for the "Genera Plantarum": — " Much has been done, however, for the elucidation of the order in local Floras. Already at the close of the last century and the commencement of the present...
Pagina 273 - For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, and overthrew them utterly.
Pagina 128 - A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, And the plague shall never depart from his house...
Pagina 132 - The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition ; and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well.