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... whole , is a title too assuming for this work . A number of these elements or principles are here unfolded : but , as the author is far from imagining that he has completed the list , a more humble title is proper , such as may express ...
... whole , is a title too assuming for this work . A number of these elements or principles are here unfolded : but , as the author is far from imagining that he has completed the list , a more humble title is proper , such as may express ...
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... whole . It need scarce be added , that our ideas are governed by the same prin- ciple ; and that , in thinking or reflecting upon a number of objects , we naturally follow the same order as when we actually survey them . The principle ...
... whole . It need scarce be added , that our ideas are governed by the same prin- ciple ; and that , in thinking or reflecting upon a number of objects , we naturally follow the same order as when we actually survey them . The principle ...
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... whole to its parts , or from a principal to its accessories ; but in the contrary direction , it is sensible of a sort of retrograde motion , which is unpleasant . And here may be remark- ed the great influence of order upon the mind of ...
... whole to its parts , or from a principal to its accessories ; but in the contrary direction , it is sensible of a sort of retrograde motion , which is unpleasant . And here may be remark- ed the great influence of order upon the mind of ...
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... them a relation to the whole , some more intimate , some less , according to their desti- nation : when due regard is had to these particulars , we have a sense of just composition , and so far 36 [ Chap . 1 . PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
... them a relation to the whole , some more intimate , some less , according to their desti- nation : when due regard is had to these particulars , we have a sense of just composition , and so far 36 [ Chap . 1 . PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
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... whole to be scarcely agreeable : it com- mences with an important question , How it happens that people though much satisfied with themselves , are seldom so with their rank or condition . After illustrating the observation in a ...
... whole to be scarcely agreeable : it com- mences with an important question , How it happens that people though much satisfied with themselves , are seldom so with their rank or condition . After illustrating the observation in a ...
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Page 133 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 134 - If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain ; And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake : 'tis true, this god did shake...
Page 178 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 75 - I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Page 188 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Page 181 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 229 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? Or wallow naked in December snow By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? O no, the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse : Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more Than when it bites, but lanceth not the sore.
Page 379 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 138 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Page 75 - Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels...