English 18th Century Dances, Volume 11812 - Akeroyde's padd (Dance) |
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... matters but little whence it be derived . The intention is " to convey , as it were by stealth , the treasure of good into man's mind , ” — and if this prove acceptable to your readers , under favor of their patronage I will continue to ...
... matters but little whence it be derived . The intention is " to convey , as it were by stealth , the treasure of good into man's mind , ” — and if this prove acceptable to your readers , under favor of their patronage I will continue to ...
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... matter , of multiplied causes , of variety of hypotheses , is essentially requisite in our outset in quest of truth . Since the days of Bacon , the jargon of the schools of rival sectaries has been consigned with the errors of ancient ...
... matter , of multiplied causes , of variety of hypotheses , is essentially requisite in our outset in quest of truth . Since the days of Bacon , the jargon of the schools of rival sectaries has been consigned with the errors of ancient ...
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... matter common to all substances . In order to prevent the progress in physics , from being impeded by hypotheses , a fourth rule has been found necessary - Propositions collected from phenomena , by induction are to be deemed ...
... matter common to all substances . In order to prevent the progress in physics , from being impeded by hypotheses , a fourth rule has been found necessary - Propositions collected from phenomena , by induction are to be deemed ...
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... matter which composes our terrestrial globe ; the waters that occupy its cavities ; the gaseous fluid circumfused around it , together with the agencies of heat and light , are objects of investigation for the chemical philosopher ...
... matter which composes our terrestrial globe ; the waters that occupy its cavities ; the gaseous fluid circumfused around it , together with the agencies of heat and light , are objects of investigation for the chemical philosopher ...
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... matter , cannot reach the ear , without conveying the idea of form , hardness , resistance , and all the other qualities and properties of a body which causes the effect . But these ideas , it may be said , arise not from matter itself ...
... matter , cannot reach the ear , without conveying the idea of form , hardness , resistance , and all the other qualities and properties of a body which causes the effect . But these ideas , it may be said , arise not from matter itself ...
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Apollo appearance arms attraction bear beauty become bodies Bossuet Boston called cause centre changed character charms command considered continued course death direction earth effect electric equal experiments fair fall feel fire fluid force gave genius give gravity hand happy head heart honor human Jupiter kind lady late learned leave less LETTER light live look lord manner matter means ment mind motion nature never night o'er object observed once original pass performed person philosopher play present produced raised reason received respect round scene soon soul spirit supposed sweet thing thought tion true truth turned universal virtue weight wheels whole wish writers young
Popular passages
Page 91 - All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see ; All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 173 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 210 - Her lips were red, and one was thin ; Compared to that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly ; But Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze, Than on the sun in July.
Page 141 - Thou smil'st as if thy soul were soaring To heaven, and heaven's God adoring! And who can tell what visions high May bless an infant's sleeping eye! What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind, Ere sin destroy or error dim The glory of the seraphim?
Page 217 - Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!
Page 12 - Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal nature lifts her changeful form, Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same...
Page 288 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all can please, Oh! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to bestow, we wish in vain, But all may shun the guilt of giving pain.
Page 194 - The first discovery of their being affected, was to see the white gutters made by their tears, which plentifully fell down their black cheeks, as they came out of their coal-pits. Hundreds and hundreds of them were soon brought under deep convictions, which (as the event proved) happily ended in a sound and thorough conversion.
Page 142 - How bright the unchanging morn appears! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, " How blest the righteous when he dies !
Page 231 - After a solemn pause, Mr. Whitefield thus addressed his numerous audience ; — ' The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner...