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... called An Essay on Laughter and Ludicrous Writing . While the author carefully perused that Essay , it gave him a very agreeable surprise to discover that , on a question so nice and curious , there should , without any previous ...
... called An Essay on Laughter and Ludicrous Writing . While the author carefully perused that Essay , it gave him a very agreeable surprise to discover that , on a question so nice and curious , there should , without any previous ...
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... called mechanical . The character di- rectly opposite to the empiric is the visionary ; for it is not in theology only that there are visionaries . Of the two ex- tremes , I acknowledge that the latter is the worse . The first founds ...
... called mechanical . The character di- rectly opposite to the empiric is the visionary ; for it is not in theology only that there are visionaries . Of the two ex- tremes , I acknowledge that the latter is the worse . The first founds ...
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... called elegant are by no means destitute of use . The principal dif- ference is , that use is the direct and avowed purpose of the former , whereas it is more latently and indirectly effected by the latter . Under this class are ...
... called elegant are by no means destitute of use . The principal dif- ference is , that use is the direct and avowed purpose of the former , whereas it is more latently and indirectly effected by the latter . Under this class are ...
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... called genius , than is necessary in the other . Let it be observed farther , that as the gratification of taste is the immediate object of the fine arts , their effect is in a manner instantaneous , and the quality of any new ...
... called genius , than is necessary in the other . Let it be observed farther , that as the gratification of taste is the immediate object of the fine arts , their effect is in a manner instantaneous , and the quality of any new ...
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... called prudent , but the sweetness of the lips in- creaseth learning . By the former , a man's own conduct may be well regulated , but the latter is absolutely necessary for diffusing valuable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of ...
... called prudent , but the sweetness of the lips in- creaseth learning . By the former , a man's own conduct may be well regulated , but the latter is absolutely necessary for diffusing valuable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of ...
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Page 374 - Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.
Page 52 - He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Page 35 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 432 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 123 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 315 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 311 - Some say, he bid his angels turn askance The poles of earth, twice ten degrees and more, From the sun's axle ; they with labour push'd Oblique the centric globe.
Page 398 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 61 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Page 207 - We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. The first project was to shorten discourse by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns.