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... Fire , he observes , burns wood on coming in contact with it ; and water quenches fire on coming in contact with it . Now he believes that they always have been and always will be able to do so at all times , and to express this briefly ...
... Fire , he observes , burns wood on coming in contact with it ; and water quenches fire on coming in contact with it . Now he believes that they always have been and always will be able to do so at all times , and to express this briefly ...
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... fire , and observe that the fire burns it , after- wards on doing the same with what appears a similar substance , we expect it also to be burnt , but if it be not so , we are conscious that the substances are not с alike in this ...
... fire , and observe that the fire burns it , after- wards on doing the same with what appears a similar substance , we expect it also to be burnt , but if it be not so , we are conscious that the substances are not с alike in this ...
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... fire ; for to be such , it must be able to heat and burn him , and without this ability it is not fire . That which excites through the medium of his eyes , the consciousness of a bright blazing figure at a certain distance from him ...
... fire ; for to be such , it must be able to heat and burn him , and without this ability it is not fire . That which excites through the medium of his eyes , the consciousness of a bright blazing figure at a certain distance from him ...
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... to produce motion , may be exhibited by taking a piece of paper , and having warmed it at a fire , let it be laid against a pane of glass in the window , or on a glazed table cover and rubbed with a piece of india 22.
... to produce motion , may be exhibited by taking a piece of paper , and having warmed it at a fire , let it be laid against a pane of glass in the window , or on a glazed table cover and rubbed with a piece of india 22.
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... fire that has occurred lately , by which a number of houses have been burnt , destruction of life or property is directly suggested to our hearers , and they generally enquire if any one was burnt , and if the property was saved ? If ...
... fire that has occurred lately , by which a number of houses have been burnt , destruction of life or property is directly suggested to our hearers , and they generally enquire if any one was burnt , and if the property was saved ? If ...
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Page 206 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE; in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Page 197 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Page 118 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 99 - Like the darkened moon he retired, in the midst of the whistling blast.
Page 167 - Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it : and I willingly take this opportunity of entering my solemn protest against this violent compliment, which so many that believe the Bible pay to those who do not believe it.
Page 67 - Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Page 118 - Veritate, in my hand, and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words, 0 thou eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make; I am not satisfied enough whether I shall publish this book, De Veritate...
Page 94 - Is this a dagger, which I see before me, The handle toward my hand ? Come, let me clutch thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling, as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind; a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain ? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw. Thou marshal'st me the way that I was going; And such an instrument I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o...
Page 206 - Though the qualities that affect our senses are, in the things themselves, so united and blended, that there is no separation, no distance between them; yet it is plain the ideas they produce in the mind enter by the senses simple and unmixed...
Page 94 - Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest ; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.