The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 81813 |
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... motion and striking against each other , produce living fire on both sides , which would never have risen from the same hard materials in a state of rest . 6. In generous conversation , amongst ingenious and learn- ed men , we have a ...
... motion and striking against each other , produce living fire on both sides , which would never have risen from the same hard materials in a state of rest . 6. In generous conversation , amongst ingenious and learn- ed men , we have a ...
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... motions of our own passions in some of the latest cecurrences in life ; we may acquaint ourselves , with the powers and properties , the tendencies and inclinations both of body and spirit , and gain a more intimate knowledge of ...
... motions of our own passions in some of the latest cecurrences in life ; we may acquaint ourselves , with the powers and properties , the tendencies and inclinations both of body and spirit , and gain a more intimate knowledge of ...
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... motion or often changing , have a natural and powerful tendency to steal away the mind too often from its steady pursuit of any subject which we contemplate ; and thereby the soul gets a habit of silly curiosity and impertinence , of ...
... motion or often changing , have a natural and powerful tendency to steal away the mind too often from its steady pursuit of any subject which we contemplate ; and thereby the soul gets a habit of silly curiosity and impertinence , of ...
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... motion of some of the smallest or the biggest bodies in nature ; assure them , according to the best philosophy ... motions of ten thousand little animals , whose united bulk would not equal a pepper corn : They are ready to give the lie ...
... motion of some of the smallest or the biggest bodies in nature ; assure them , according to the best philosophy ... motions of ten thousand little animals , whose united bulk would not equal a pepper corn : They are ready to give the lie ...
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... motion prodigiously swifter than a thousand miles an hour . Such a thought as this will by degrees enlarge their ... motions . ( 3. ) To this should be added the use of telescopes to help them to see the distant wonders in the skies ...
... motion prodigiously swifter than a thousand miles an hour . Such a thought as this will by degrees enlarge their ... motions . ( 3. ) To this should be added the use of telescopes to help them to see the distant wonders in the skies ...
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Page 7 - DEEPLY possess your mind with the vast importance of a good judgment, and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning. Review the instances of your own misconduct in life; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had escaped, and how much guilt and misery you...
Page 143 - Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Page 106 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 94 - If the mind apply itself at first to easier subjects and things near akin to what is already known, and then advance to the more remote and knotty parts of knowledge by slow degrees, it will be able in this manner to cope with great difficulties, and prevail over them with amazing and happy success.
Page 65 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him.
Page 21 - ... maturity. 4. It is another advantage of reading, that we may review what we have read ; we may consult the page again and again, and meditate on it at successive seasons, in our serenest and retired hours, having the book always at hand...
Page 31 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.