The Works of George Berkeley: Including His Letters to Thomas Prior, Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, Etc. : to which is Prefixed an Account of His Life, Volume 2T. Tegg, 1843 |
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... infinitely wise and good will constitute such laws for the regulation of human actions , as have in their own nature a necessary inherent aptness to promote the common good of all mankind , and that in the greatest degree that the ...
... infinitely wise and good will constitute such laws for the regulation of human actions , as have in their own nature a necessary inherent aptness to promote the common good of all mankind , and that in the greatest degree that the ...
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... infinitely extended in each direction , from the units place , and so innumerable places for expressing their exact value , there is need merely of the continual repetition of three numbers , provided that each collection of threes , or ...
... infinitely extended in each direction , from the units place , and so innumerable places for expressing their exact value , there is need merely of the continual repetition of three numbers , provided that each collection of threes , or ...
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... infinitely useful , the study of mathe- matics in general , and of algebra especially , to all raised above the populace ? See his Posthumous Works , pp . 30 , 31 , 32 , & c . , Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding , a small and ...
... infinitely useful , the study of mathe- matics in general , and of algebra especially , to all raised above the populace ? See his Posthumous Works , pp . 30 , 31 , 32 , & c . , Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding , a small and ...
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... infinitely great . Which indeed supposes that gravity is a substantial quality different from all others , and that gravitation is , as it were , an act of this quality substantially distinct from motion , but the least percussion ...
... infinitely great . Which indeed supposes that gravity is a substantial quality different from all others , and that gravitation is , as it were , an act of this quality substantially distinct from motion , but the least percussion ...
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... infinitely contained in it . But dead power is to the force of percussion , not as a part to a whole , but as a point to a line , according to those who main- tain the infinite power of percussion . I might add much on this topic , but ...
... infinitely contained in it . But dead power is to the force of percussion , not as a part to a whole , but as a point to a line , according to those who main- tain the infinite power of percussion . I might add much on this topic , but ...
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Page 300 - All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Page 190 - ... beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. !6Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet...
Page 294 - In happy climes where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true: In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules...
Page 305 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth...
Page 223 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 222 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 296 - And this is life eternal, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Page 228 - Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Page 190 - LORD will take away the Bravery of their tinkling Ornaments about their Feet, and their Cauls and their round Tires like the Moon, the Chains, and the Bracelets, and the Mufflers, the Bonnets, and the Ornaments of the Legs, and the Head-bands, and the Tablets, and the Ear-rings, the Rings and Nose-jewels, the changeable Suits of Apparel, and the Mantles, and the Wimples, and the crisping Pins, the Glasses, and the fine Linen, and the Hoods and the Vails.
Page 282 - Servants obey in all things your masters, according to the flesh, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.