A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3J. and H. L. Hunt, 1824 - Philosophy |
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... sense , doubts another tale of Diodorus . It is of a king of Egypt , Sesostris , who probably existed no more than the island of Panchaica . The father of Sesostris , who is not named , determined on the day that he was born that he ...
... sense , doubts another tale of Diodorus . It is of a king of Egypt , Sesostris , who probably existed no more than the island of Panchaica . The father of Sesostris , who is not named , determined on the day that he was born that he ...
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... sense , His every visit gave his friends offence : I've seen him , raving in a hot dispute , Exhaust their logic , force them to be mute , Or , if their patience were eutirely spent , Rush from the room to give their passion vent . His ...
... sense , His every visit gave his friends offence : I've seen him , raving in a hot dispute , Exhaust their logic , force them to be mute , Or , if their patience were eutirely spent , Rush from the room to give their passion vent . His ...
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... sense ; " I can distinguish- " Sir , with all my heart ; I've told my thoughts with all due deference , And crave the like indulgence on your part , My son , all thinking is a grievous crime ; “ So , I'll denounce you without loss of ...
... sense ; " I can distinguish- " Sir , with all my heart ; I've told my thoughts with all due deference , And crave the like indulgence on your part , My son , all thinking is a grievous crime ; “ So , I'll denounce you without loss of ...
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... senses , which have no immediate relation to one another . Further , it is demonstrated that there is formed in my eye an angle a degree larger when a thing is near , when I see a man four feet from me , as when I see the same man at a ...
... senses , which have no immediate relation to one another . Further , it is demonstrated that there is formed in my eye an angle a degree larger when a thing is near , when I see a man four feet from me , as when I see the same man at a ...
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... sense of sight was afterwards attained . For if this blind man , the moment that he opens his eyes , can cor- rectly judge of distances , dimensions , and situations , it would be true that the optical angles suddenly formed in his ...
... sense of sight was afterwards attained . For if this blind man , the moment that he opens his eyes , can cor- rectly judge of distances , dimensions , and situations , it would be true that the optical angles suddenly formed in his ...
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Page 194 - humano, aud the theologians, in sensu divino. It is said in Deuteronomy, (chap, xxviii. 22.) that if the Jews do not serve the law, they shall be smitten " with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning." It is only in Deuteronomy, and in
Page 285 - The Lord said also, it is not good for man to be alone; let us make him a help meet for him." " And the name which Adam gave to every animal is its true name." What we should naturally understand by the true name of an animal, would be
Page 100 - Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess ? So, whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, from them will we possess.
Page 73 - Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this book, and go and speak to the children of Israel.' So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that book. And
Page 72 - have made the earth, the men, and the beasts of burden which are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed good unto
Page 264 - and coldness below ; And the cheek be illum'd with a warm sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while. It may be suspected, however, that in respect to his own country, at least, Voltaire is more
Page 75 - Take* unto thee wheat and barley, and beans and lentiles, and millet and vetches, and make cakes of. them for as many days as thou art to sleep on thy side. Thou shalt eat for three hundred and ninety days. . . thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt cover it with human
Page 212 - Two different shafts he from his quiver draws; One to repel desire and one to cause. One shaft is pointed with refulgent gold, To bribe the love, and make the lover bold; One blunt and tipt with lead, whose base allay Provokes disdain, and drives desire