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... person's life I am writing , he would have been counted a wild , romantic enthusiast , instead of a natural philosopher . Some of the wisest would be infidels to so new and so refined a scheme of thinking , and demand experiment , or ...
... person's life I am writing , he would have been counted a wild , romantic enthusiast , instead of a natural philosopher . Some of the wisest would be infidels to so new and so refined a scheme of thinking , and demand experiment , or ...
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... person ceed still farther and say , that this same person , so deaf and dumb , might be able also to show a presaging power , or kind of prophetical genius ( if I may be allowed the expression ) by telling any strange persons he never ...
... person ceed still farther and say , that this same person , so deaf and dumb , might be able also to show a presaging power , or kind of prophetical genius ( if I may be allowed the expression ) by telling any strange persons he never ...
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... persons had copies thereof , and , for aught I know , some retain them to this very day ; sure I am , that many ... person ; and she talked French , which when I answered she made great signs of joy that she could com- municate her ...
... persons had copies thereof , and , for aught I know , some retain them to this very day ; sure I am , that many ... person ; and she talked French , which when I answered she made great signs of joy that she could com- municate her ...
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... persons of politer nations than ours is , teach me that this pro- ceeds entirely from vanity and affectation , and the ... person . I therefore was all in rapture , and longed for the matrimony , but still loved her enough to propose the ...
... persons of politer nations than ours is , teach me that this pro- ceeds entirely from vanity and affectation , and the ... person . I therefore was all in rapture , and longed for the matrimony , but still loved her enough to propose the ...
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... person we treat of , and of the like genius , may not have their talents lost for want of the like assistance . may be placed , not confusedly , but in decent order , man , woman , child ( boy , girl ) . In another paper , under the ...
... person we treat of , and of the like genius , may not have their talents lost for want of the like assistance . may be placed , not confusedly , but in decent order , man , woman , child ( boy , girl ) . In another paper , under the ...
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Page 63 - ... of enjoyments ; that peace and plenty were the handmaids of a middle fortune; that temperance, moderation, quietness, health, society, all agreeable diversions, and all desirable pleasures, were the blessings attending the middle station of life...
Page 12 - I began to apply myself to make such necessary things as I found I most wanted, particularly a chair and a table ; for without these I was not able to enjoy the few comforts I had in the world...
Page 9 - I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in him will I trust Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence...
Page 37 - It happened one day about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand.
Page 10 - That he found and left Mrs. Donne very sad and sick in her bed ; and that, after a long and dangerous labour, she had been delivered of a dead child. And, upon examination, the abortion proved to be the same day and about the very hour that Mr. Donne affirmed he saw her pass by him in his chamber.
Page 54 - Master, and then let him know that was to be my name. I likewise taught him to say Yes and No, and to know the meaning of them.
Page 10 - This is a relation that will beget some wonder; and it well may, for most of our world are at present possessed with an opinion that visions and miracles are ceased. And though it is most certain, that two lutes being both strung and tuned to an equal pitch, and then one played upon, the other, that is not touched, being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will (like an echo to a trumpet) warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune; yet many will not believe there is any such thing...
Page 47 - So that if any one will examine himself concerning his notion of pure substance in general, he will find he has no other idea of it at all, but only a supposition of he knows not what support of such qualities which are capable of producing simple ideas in us; which qualities are commonly called accidents.
Page 65 - Secondly, my people were perfectly subjected. I was absolute lord and lawgiver; they all owed their lives to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had been occasion for it, for me.
Page 37 - I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up to a rising ground to look farther. I went up the shore and down the shore, but it was all one, I could see no other impression but that one.