The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 10James Anderson Mundell and Son, Parliament Stairs, 1792 - Books, Reviews |
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Page 103
... exprefs the images of their minds , where those of their bodies have been wanting , or have failed . ” Bacon . An cum statuas et imagines , non animorum simul- acra sed eorporum , studiose multi summi bomines reli- querunt ; consiliorum ...
... exprefs the images of their minds , where those of their bodies have been wanting , or have failed . ” Bacon . An cum statuas et imagines , non animorum simul- acra sed eorporum , studiose multi summi bomines reli- querunt ; consiliorum ...
Page 122
... exprefs my sentiments upon the subject of lands let upon lease . I fhall inquire into the advan- tages and disadvantages both of long and of fhort leases , and make some observations intended for the benefit both of proprietors and ...
... exprefs my sentiments upon the subject of lands let upon lease . I fhall inquire into the advan- tages and disadvantages both of long and of fhort leases , and make some observations intended for the benefit both of proprietors and ...
Page 148
... exprefs the perpendicular elevation of vegetables , either high or tall may be employed , as being in this case ... ex- prefs the height of other animals , yet it seems to be an improper expression . See TALL . 4. HIGH , when applied to ...
... exprefs the perpendicular elevation of vegetables , either high or tall may be employed , as being in this case ... ex- prefs the height of other animals , yet it seems to be an improper expression . See TALL . 4. HIGH , when applied to ...
Page 149
... exprefs the height of man and other animals ; and is employed to denote the height of the body only , without having any reference to the mind . When applied to man , no other word can be substituted in its stead : when applied to other ...
... exprefs the height of man and other animals ; and is employed to denote the height of the body only , without having any reference to the mind . When applied to man , no other word can be substituted in its stead : when applied to other ...
Page 150
... expresses the extension of matter in one of its geometrical proportions , it is often contrasted by those words which exprefs the other dimensions , when we mean only to describe the several proportions ; as a table long and broad . And ...
... expresses the extension of matter in one of its geometrical proportions , it is often contrasted by those words which exprefs the other dimensions , when we mean only to describe the several proportions ; as a table long and broad . And ...
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Page 102 - ... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 144 - ... designs hostile to the interests of humanity. One thing is certain, that the .greatest of all obstacles to the improvement of the world, is that prevailing belief of its improbability, which damps the exertions of so many individuals ; and that, in proportion as the contrary opinion becomes general, it realises the event which it leads .us to anticipate.
Page 102 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Page 161 - OF the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. Is it possible to relate without an indignant smile, that, on the father's decease, the property of a nation, like that of a drove of oxen, descends to his infant son, as yet unknown to mankind and to himself, and that the bravest warriors and the wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and...
Page 35 - ... preferring instant destruction by their jaws, to the imaginary horrors of a lingering slavery. " That, among the enormous breakers and surfs which roll on the shores of your petitioners, numbers of English boats are destroyed, the crews of which usually fall to their lot, and afford them...
Page 143 - ... accomplishment of effects astonishing by their magnitude, and by the complicated ingenuity they display, so, in the sciences, the observations and conjectures of obscure individuals on those subjects which are level to their capacities, and which fall under their own immediate notice, accumulate for a...
Page 201 - Oh teach us, Bathurst ! yet unspoil'd by wealth ! That secret rare, between th' extremes to move Of mad Good-nature, and of mean Self-love.
Page 144 - ... the event which it leads us to anticipate. Surely, if any thing can have a tendency to call forth in the public service the exertions of individuals, it must be an idea of the magnitude of that work in which they are conspiring, and a belief of the permanence of those benefits, which they confer on mankind by every attempt to inform and to enlighten them.
Page 162 - ... that, on the father's decease, the property of a nation, like that of a drove of oxen, descends to his infant son, as yet unknown to mankind and to himself, and that the bravest warriors and the wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity ? Satire and declamation may paint these obvious topics in the most dazzling...
Page 142 - Of the progress which may yet be made in the different branches of moral and political philosophy, we may form some idea, from what has already happened in physics, since the time that Lord Bacon united, in one useful direction, the labors of those who cultivate that science.