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... probably meaning by that allu- sion not only to express his modest conviction how mere an outskirt the field of his dis- coveries was , compared with the vastness of universal Nature , but to describe likewise the spirit in which he had ...
... probably meaning by that allu- sion not only to express his modest conviction how mere an outskirt the field of his dis- coveries was , compared with the vastness of universal Nature , but to describe likewise the spirit in which he had ...
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... probably be not unfrequently the first to contrive and spread the fiction , to all who are anxious to en -- preferring , as he would in all gage in the pursuit of know- ledge , to consider the manner in which both this great man and ...
... probably be not unfrequently the first to contrive and spread the fiction , to all who are anxious to en -- preferring , as he would in all gage in the pursuit of know- ledge , to consider the manner in which both this great man and ...
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... probably some share in lead- one day in his garden , when ing away the spirit of antiquity an apple fell from a tree beside from that investigation and ap- him . His mind was perhaps plication of facts from which occupied , at that ...
... probably some share in lead- one day in his garden , when ing away the spirit of antiquity an apple fell from a tree beside from that investigation and ap- him . His mind was perhaps plication of facts from which occupied , at that ...
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... probably have been reserved for another than Newton . Committed to the maintenance of his adopted errors , and with his mental vision even unfitted in some measure for the perception of the truth , he might in that case have been the ...
... probably have been reserved for another than Newton . Committed to the maintenance of his adopted errors , and with his mental vision even unfitted in some measure for the perception of the truth , he might in that case have been the ...
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... probably might have been for life the employment of the genius that afterwards distinguished itself so greatly in one of the most important walks of philosophic discovery , but for circumstances which , at the time when they occurred ...
... probably might have been for life the employment of the genius that afterwards distinguished itself so greatly in one of the most important walks of philosophic discovery , but for circumstances which , at the time when they occurred ...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties [By G.L. Craik]. Continuation George Lillie Craik Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 106 - Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace ; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover ; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Seite 225 - This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content though blind, had I no better guide.
Seite 170 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Seite 106 - Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired ; And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw; Or if an unexpected call succeed, Come when it will, is equal to the need...
Seite 224 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Seite 225 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Seite 25 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesolè, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Seite 202 - Elegy on Aquila Rose, before mentioned, an ingenious young man, of excellent character, much respected in the town, clerk of the Assembly, and a pretty poet. Keimer made verses too, but very indifferently. He could not be said to write them, for his manner was to compose them in the types directly out of his head. So there being no copy, but one pair of cases, and the Elegy likely to require all the letter, no one could help him.
Seite 168 - They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with their approbation, and that, in their different guesses at the author, none were named but men of some character among us for learning and ingenuity.
Seite 167 - I had gone on making verses; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind and make me a master of it.