Essays: On the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism : on Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind : on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition : on the Utility of Classical Learning, Volume 1William Creech, Edinburgh; and for E. & C. Dilly, and T. Cadell, London, 1776 - Classical education - 555 pages |
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Page 54
... visible , round substance , of a black or yellow colour , is ac- tually fwimming in the air before me ; in this I fhould be mistaken . How then come I to know that I am mistaken ? I may know it in feveral ways . 1. I stretch out my hand ...
... visible , round substance , of a black or yellow colour , is ac- tually fwimming in the air before me ; in this I fhould be mistaken . How then come I to know that I am mistaken ? I may know it in feveral ways . 1. I stretch out my hand ...
Page 75
... the fleeting ftream repair'd by food , " Diftinct , as is the fwimmer from the flood . " ARBUTHNOT . See Dodfley's Collection , vol . 1. p . 180 . K 2 the the visible universe I perceived last moment ? Then must Ch . II . 3. ON 75 TRUTH .
... the fleeting ftream repair'd by food , " Diftinct , as is the fwimmer from the flood . " ARBUTHNOT . See Dodfley's Collection , vol . 1. p . 180 . K 2 the the visible universe I perceived last moment ? Then must Ch . II . 3. ON 75 TRUTH .
Page 76
... visible universe I perceived last moment ? Then must I alfo believe , that the existence of the universe depends on the motion of my eyelids ; and that the muscles which move them have the power of creating and annihi- lating worlds ...
... visible universe I perceived last moment ? Then must I alfo believe , that the existence of the universe depends on the motion of my eyelids ; and that the muscles which move them have the power of creating and annihi- lating worlds ...
Page 79
... visible magnitude is not more than an inch fquare , and therefore my perception of it is : neither lively nor distinct ; and yet I as cer- tainly believe that town to exift , as if I were in the centre of it . I fee an object in motion ...
... visible magnitude is not more than an inch fquare , and therefore my perception of it is : neither lively nor distinct ; and yet I as cer- tainly believe that town to exift , as if I were in the centre of it . I fee an object in motion ...
Page 86
... visible agent , it must have come in a mi- raculous manner , by the interpofition of fome invifible caufe ; for ftill I must repeat , that without fome caufe it could not poffibly have come hither . Let the reader confider the cafe ...
... visible agent , it must have come in a mi- raculous manner , by the interpofition of fome invifible caufe ; for ftill I must repeat , that without fome caufe it could not poffibly have come hither . Let the reader confider the cafe ...
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