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... phyfical inquirers . When we reflect , in this manner , on the fhortness of the period during which natural philosophy has been fuccefsfully cultivated ; and , at the fame time , confider how open to our examination the laws of matter ...
... phyfical inquirers . When we reflect , in this manner , on the fhortness of the period during which natural philosophy has been fuccefsfully cultivated ; and , at the fame time , confider how open to our examination the laws of matter ...
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... phyfical conftitution , or caught from imitation and the influence of fituation ) , which appears remarkably in particular families . One race , for a fucceffion of generations , is distinguished by a genius for the abstract sciences ...
... phyfical conftitution , or caught from imitation and the influence of fituation ) , which appears remarkably in particular families . One race , for a fucceffion of generations , is distinguished by a genius for the abstract sciences ...
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... phyfical researches ? Was it not their confused and wavering notions about the parti- cular class of truths , which it was their business to in- vestigate ? It was owing to this , that they were led to neglect the obvious phenomena and ...
... phyfical researches ? Was it not their confused and wavering notions about the parti- cular class of truths , which it was their business to in- vestigate ? It was owing to this , that they were led to neglect the obvious phenomena and ...
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... them intelligible to the generality of readers . The truth , perhaps , is ; that the greater part of phyfical inquirers have derived what E3 know- knowledge of them they poffefs , rather from an atten- Part II . § 2 . OF THE HUMAN MIND .
... them intelligible to the generality of readers . The truth , perhaps , is ; that the greater part of phyfical inquirers have derived what E3 know- knowledge of them they poffefs , rather from an atten- Part II . § 2 . OF THE HUMAN MIND .
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... phyfical or of mathema- tical knowledge in their authors , but in confequence of a want of attention to the laws of human thought , and to the general rules of just reasoning ! The fame remark may be extended to the form , in which the ...
... phyfical or of mathema- tical knowledge in their authors , but in confequence of a want of attention to the laws of human thought , and to the general rules of just reasoning ! The fame remark may be extended to the form , in which the ...
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Page 228 - These forms are adapted to ordinary occasions; and therefore persons who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension of things, is requisite than ever office gave, or than office can ever give.
Page 366 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Page 325 - ... are produced with any constancy or any certainty, for this is not the nature of chance; but the rules by which men of extraordinary parts, and such as are called men of Genius work, are either such as they discover by their own peculiar observations...
Page 509 - In thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood : he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice : his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Page 227 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 289 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part. As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns.
Page 481 - Bear me, Pomona ! to thy citron groves ; To where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend.
Page 378 - ... them. As Greece and Rome are the fountains from whence have flowed all kinds of excellence, to that veneration which they have a right to claim for the...
Page 134 - 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?
Page 292 - Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow ; — How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring...