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... Author proceeds to ftrip Mercury of his wings : for they do not make a part of his body . It is only to loose the ftrings from his feet and take off his cap ; and we fhall then fee what fort of a figure he will make without them . The ...
... Author proceeds to ftrip Mercury of his wings : for they do not make a part of his body . It is only to loose the ftrings from his feet and take off his cap ; and we fhall then fee what fort of a figure he will make without them . The ...
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... Author had not fettled his opinion concerning the manner of fignifieation of words . . Mr. Locke fuppofed , with Ariftotle , Scaliger , and Meff . de Port Royal , that affirming and denying were operations of the mind ; and referred all ...
... Author had not fettled his opinion concerning the manner of fignifieation of words . . Mr. Locke fuppofed , with Ariftotle , Scaliger , and Meff . de Port Royal , that affirming and denying were operations of the mind ; and referred all ...
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... Author's pofition is fairly put to the trial . It is examined with the moft rigid exactness . Obje & ions are propofed in their fulleft ftrength , and answered clearly , minutely , and fatisfactorily . Every af fertion is fupported by ...
... Author's pofition is fairly put to the trial . It is examined with the moft rigid exactness . Obje & ions are propofed in their fulleft ftrength , and answered clearly , minutely , and fatisfactorily . Every af fertion is fupported by ...
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... Author establishes the neceffity of the article on the ground of Mr. Locke's rea- fonings , and obferves , that it is the bufinefs of the article to re- duce the generality of terms , and , upon occafion , to enable us to employ general ...
... Author establishes the neceffity of the article on the ground of Mr. Locke's rea- fonings , and obferves , that it is the bufinefs of the article to re- duce the generality of terms , and , upon occafion , to enable us to employ general ...
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... Author prefumes , that all fentences may be refolved in all languages , where the conjunction that , or its equivalent , is employed ; and by fuch refolution it will al- ways be difcovered to have merely the fame force and fignifica ...
... Author prefumes , that all fentences may be refolved in all languages , where the conjunction that , or its equivalent , is employed ; and by fuch refolution it will al- ways be difcovered to have merely the fame force and fignifica ...
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Page 47 - God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; He had horns coming out of his hand : And there was the hiding of his power.
Page 287 - I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body.
Page 202 - It is not a thing of which a man may say, it hath been, it is about to be, or is to be hereafter ; for it is a thing without birth, it is ancient, constant, and eternal, and is not to be destroyed in this its mortal frame.
Page 276 - As you appear no less sensible than your readers of the defects of your poetical article, you will not be displeased, if. in order to the improvement of it, I communicate to you the sentiments of a person, who will undertake, on reasonable terms, sometimes to fill a column.
Page 120 - MEMOIRS OF SAMUEL PEPYS, ESQ., FRS Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II.; comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev.
Page 393 - They endeavor to balance these different powers, as if this equilibrium, which in England may be a necessary check to the enormous influence of royalty, could be of any use in republics founded upon the equality of all the citizens, and as if establishing different orders of men was not a source of divisions and disputes.
Page 508 - Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The...
Page 369 - Samuel Johnson returns his compliments to Mr. Andrew Millar, and is very glad to find, as he does by his note, that Andrew Millar has the grace to thank God for...
Page 374 - Articulating with difficulty, he said, " From this book, he who knows nothing may learn a great deal; and he who knows, will be pleased to find his knowledge recalled to his mind in a manner highly pleasing.
Page 278 - Johnfon, fet out this morning for London together. Davy Garrick is to be with you early the next week, and Mr. Johnfon, to try his fate with a tragedy, and to fee to get himfelf employed in fome translation, either from the Latin or the French.