The works of James Harris esq., with an account of his life and character, by the earl of MalmesburyTegg, 1841 |
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... Suppose , then , said he , we should say , it was common to every art to be a cause : Should we err ? —I replied , I thought not . Let this then , said he , be remembered , that all art is cause . " I promised him it should . But how ...
... Suppose , then , said he , we should say , it was common to every art to be a cause : Should we err ? —I replied , I thought not . Let this then , said he , be remembered , that all art is cause . " I promised him it should . But how ...
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... suppose to operate in the universe . These are either such causes as are below him , like the vege tative power , which operates in vegetables , the sensitive in animals ; or else such causes as are above him , like God , and whatever ...
... suppose to operate in the universe . These are either such causes as are below him , like the vege tative power , which operates in vegetables , the sensitive in animals ; or else such causes as are above him , like God , and whatever ...
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... Suppose then we were to pronounce , that to every art there was a system of such various and well - approved precepts : should we err ? - No , certainly . And suppose we should say , that the intention of every artist , in his several ...
... Suppose then we were to pronounce , that to every art there was a system of such various and well - approved precepts : should we err ? - No , certainly . And suppose we should say , that the intention of every artist , in his several ...
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... suppose it so figured . It is for this reason that the subject of art is in the Dialogue called " a contingent . " But , however , to explain the whole of what is said in this place , it is necessary to go backward , and deduce what we ...
... suppose it so figured . It is for this reason that the subject of art is in the Dialogue called " a contingent . " But , however , to explain the whole of what is said in this place , it is necessary to go backward , and deduce what we ...
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... suppose it absent or taken away , the nature of substance is no way affected . It was in this sense the Peripatetics supposed chance and fortune to be accidents or appendages to nature and mind . According , therefore , to them , the ...
... suppose it absent or taken away , the nature of substance is no way affected . It was in this sense the Peripatetics supposed chance and fortune to be accidents or appendages to nature and mind . According , therefore , to them , the ...
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Page 114 - Witch. WHEN shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain ? 2 Witch.
Page 410 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Page 333 - I returned, and saw under the sun; that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 310 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 126 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Page 443 - ... a thing you make of me. You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.
Page 434 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 115 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure...
Page 355 - ... behold a wonder ! they but now who seemed in bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, now less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room throng numberless...
Page 127 - So spake the cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss: but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impair'd; yet seem'd Undaunted. If I must contend...