The London Quarterly Review, Volume 6Theodore Foster, 1812 |
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... period , concerning the mechanical causes on which its ope- rations depend . Compared with the first , it differs , as the inquiries of Galileo concerning the laws of moving bodies differ from the dis- putes of the ancient sophists ...
... period , concerning the mechanical causes on which its ope- rations depend . Compared with the first , it differs , as the inquiries of Galileo concerning the laws of moving bodies differ from the dis- putes of the ancient sophists ...
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... period of two thousand years.In consequence of this slow and gradual emancipation of the mind , the means by which the final result has been accomplish- ed , attract the notice only of the reflecting inquirer ; resembling in their ...
... period of two thousand years.In consequence of this slow and gradual emancipation of the mind , the means by which the final result has been accomplish- ed , attract the notice only of the reflecting inquirer ; resembling in their ...
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... period of life . Nothing can be more captivating than his descrip- tion of the new and charming scenes which it opens to the view , and the new embellishments which it adds to all our other intellec- tual acquisitions . 1 • Instances ...
... period of life . Nothing can be more captivating than his descrip- tion of the new and charming scenes which it opens to the view , and the new embellishments which it adds to all our other intellec- tual acquisitions . 1 • Instances ...
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... period of life , been found susceptible of culture to a wonderful degree . In such men , what an accession is gained to their most refined pleasures ! What enchantments are added to their most ordinary perceptions ! The mind awakening ...
... period of life , been found susceptible of culture to a wonderful degree . In such men , what an accession is gained to their most refined pleasures ! What enchantments are added to their most ordinary perceptions ! The mind awakening ...
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... period of fascination happily is past . The light of our own triumphs in the field enables us to bear without shrinking the full blaze of his military glory . It has perhaps been too much the fashion in political controversy , and it ...
... period of fascination happily is past . The light of our own triumphs in the field enables us to bear without shrinking the full blaze of his military glory . It has perhaps been too much the fashion in political controversy , and it ...
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