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There can be nothing more fallacious than the generally received opinion that talent has particular localities , or that the intellectual powers are more speedily developed in one district than another . We believe that ambition and ...
There can be nothing more fallacious than the generally received opinion that talent has particular localities , or that the intellectual powers are more speedily developed in one district than another . We believe that ambition and ...
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Had Addison , who has been so much admired by all who have perused his papers , been of this opinion , he would never have devoted his time and talents to divest philosophy of that scholastic form , by which it had been disguised ...
Had Addison , who has been so much admired by all who have perused his papers , been of this opinion , he would never have devoted his time and talents to divest philosophy of that scholastic form , by which it had been disguised ...
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Men naturally indulge in inquiry ; and the desire of knowledge will , of its own accord , lead them to study a diversity of matter ; different objects which present themselves in their search , will beget various and contrary opinions ...
Men naturally indulge in inquiry ; and the desire of knowledge will , of its own accord , lead them to study a diversity of matter ; different objects which present themselves in their search , will beget various and contrary opinions ...
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The petty ambition of becoming authors , more “ than aught towards the public good ” prompts , it is greatly to be feared , the controversialists of every , but especially of the present age , to give their opinions to the public eye .
The petty ambition of becoming authors , more “ than aught towards the public good ” prompts , it is greatly to be feared , the controversialists of every , but especially of the present age , to give their opinions to the public eye .
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Respecting his scholarship , we have never heard two opinions . When at college , he laid the foundation of that classical lore , which he afterwards cultivated with such assiduity , and in such favourable circumstances , that it is ...
Respecting his scholarship , we have never heard two opinions . When at college , he laid the foundation of that classical lore , which he afterwards cultivated with such assiduity , and in such favourable circumstances , that it is ...
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Page 92 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 268 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 290 - Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul...
Page 290 - Lull'd the weak bosom, and induced ease, Aerial music in the warbling wind, At distance rising oft by small degrees, Nearer and nearer came, till o'er the trees It hung, and breath'd such soul-dissolving airs, As did, alas!
Page 228 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 323 - The bishop, in reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus: "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss how to make out the other part of the parallel: I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship.
Page 313 - THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a joy for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast : 'Tis found above — in heaven.
Page 37 - Poor dog ! he was faithful and kind, to be sure, And he constantly loved me, although I was poor ; When the sour-looking folks sent me heartless away, I had always a friend in my poor dog Tray. When the road was so dark, and the night was so cold And Pat and his dog were grown weary and old, How snugly we slept in my old coat of...
Page 217 - The fisherman forsook the strand, The swarthy smith took dirk and brand; With changed cheer, the mower blithe Left in the...
Page 322 - Lords, said, among other things, 'that he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session, and he was sorry to find that he had proved a true prophet.