British Critic, Quarterly Theological Review, and Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 11F. and C. Rivington, 1798 |
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... minds , for fo much fkill , in the ufe of the graver at least , as he has now proved himself to poffefs . Perhaps he did ... mind of the author has taken delight in collecting fuch collateral knowledge as a liberal reader must applaud ...
... minds , for fo much fkill , in the ufe of the graver at least , as he has now proved himself to poffefs . Perhaps he did ... mind of the author has taken delight in collecting fuch collateral knowledge as a liberal reader must applaud ...
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... mind ; to cool- nefs he unites originality , and moves on with a pace , fometimes even phlegmatically grave , in courfes of adventurous boldness . His recent efforts to difcredit all that had been written by M. Chevalier concerning the ...
... mind ; to cool- nefs he unites originality , and moves on with a pace , fometimes even phlegmatically grave , in courfes of adventurous boldness . His recent efforts to difcredit all that had been written by M. Chevalier concerning the ...
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... mind of the ftudent . The alterations and additions , relating to plane figures , made in the prefent edition , are judicious and ufeful ; and fuch we also esteem Mr. P.'s method of demonstration , when he treats of folids . Of this he ...
... mind of the ftudent . The alterations and additions , relating to plane figures , made in the prefent edition , are judicious and ufeful ; and fuch we also esteem Mr. P.'s method of demonstration , when he treats of folids . Of this he ...
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... mind ; fets out with affirming , that the true object of education is the generation of happiness ; that man is a SOCIAL being ; and that men fhould be taught to affift each other . " The fame fentiments are repeated in other effays ...
... mind ; fets out with affirming , that the true object of education is the generation of happiness ; that man is a SOCIAL being ; and that men fhould be taught to affift each other . " The fame fentiments are repeated in other effays ...
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... mind of large general powers accidentally determined to fome particular direction . " This opinion feems to have been adopt- ed by Mr. Godwin , who , in his third effay , fays , that " genius appears to fignify little more , in the ...
... mind of large general powers accidentally determined to fome particular direction . " This opinion feems to have been adopt- ed by Mr. Godwin , who , in his third effay , fays , that " genius appears to fignify little more , in the ...
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Page 7 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 7 - I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you and for them at Laodicea and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Page 49 - Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.
Page 645 - And cheaply circulates, thro' distant climes, The fairest relics of the purest times. Here from the mould to conscious being start Those finer forms, the miracles of art ; Here chosen gems, imprest on sulphur, shine, That slept for ages in a second mine ; And here the faithful graver dares to trace A MICHAEL'S grandeur, and a RAPHAEL'S grace ! Thy gallery, Florence, gilds my humble walls, And my low roof the Vatican recalls...
Page 50 - Neither will my health permit me, nor do I pretend to be qualified to follow that learned lord minutely through the whole of his argument. No man is better acquainted with his abilities and learning, nor has a greater respect for them, than I have.
Page 589 - Nature is never more truly herself, than in her grandest forms. The Apollo of Belvedere (if the universal robber has yet left him at Belvedere) is as much in nature, as any figure from the pencil of Rembrandt, or any clown in the rustic revels of Teniers.
Page 594 - Then to advise how war may best, upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage...
Page 54 - ... of the age, and happily blending the venerable doctrines of the old law, with the learning and refinement of modern times ; the work of a mind nobly gifted by nature, and informed with every kind of learning which could...
Page 52 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means.
Page 53 - ... in consequence of the powers and workings of their own minds, when, in fact, it was the effect of the most subtle argumentation and the most refined dialectic.