Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1825 - 380 pages |
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... brute unintelligent matter , can do this ? " " And why not ? " asked Tremaine . " Once set matter in motion , and who shall say in what direc- tions it may not fall ? " . " You reduce this directing , this law - giving power , then , to ...
... brute unintelligent matter , can do this ? " " And why not ? " asked Tremaine . " Once set matter in motion , and who shall say in what direc- tions it may not fall ? " . " You reduce this directing , this law - giving power , then , to ...
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... brute , or an insect , is equally im- mortal . The principle , though not in the same de- gree , applies alike to the most disgusting and hateful vermin , as to the noblest animals ; to the lice and bugs that were the plagues of Pharaoh ...
... brute , or an insect , is equally im- mortal . The principle , though not in the same de- gree , applies alike to the most disgusting and hateful vermin , as to the noblest animals ; to the lice and bugs that were the plagues of Pharaoh ...
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... an insect's mind , if mind it can be called , " answered Evelyn . " Well , then , of the most reasoning of brutes , the elephant ; or the most friendly , the dog ? " " We know not even their minds in sufficient ac- TREMAINE 103.
... an insect's mind , if mind it can be called , " answered Evelyn . " Well , then , of the most reasoning of brutes , the elephant ; or the most friendly , the dog ? " " We know not even their minds in sufficient ac- TREMAINE 103.
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... brutes were inconsistent ( which at least it is not ) with the immortality of man , God's will might annihilate them , though the constitution and fabric of what souls they have , might , if left to themselves , imply that they would be ...
... brutes were inconsistent ( which at least it is not ) with the immortality of man , God's will might annihilate them , though the constitution and fabric of what souls they have , might , if left to themselves , imply that they would be ...
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... brutes are without souls , or reason , or even sensation , and therefore cannot enter into the account . " " I do , " said Evelyn , " and to be fair , ought we not also to add , that he has exceedingly well made out all we have been ...
... brutes are without souls , or reason , or even sensation , and therefore cannot enter into the account . " " I do , " said Evelyn , " and to be fair , ought we not also to add , that he has exceedingly well made out all we have been ...
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Almighty answered Evelyn answered Tremaine argument asked Evelyn asked Tremaine beautiful believe better Bolingbroke brain brute called cause certainly CHAP chateau Cicero confess consequence continued Evelyn continued Tremaine creation creature cried Evelyn cried Tremaine crime dear death Deity demonstration difficulty divine Doctor doubt Epicurus Evelyn Hall evil exclaimed existence father fear feeling free-will Georgina give happiness heart Heaven hope horror immortal laws least Lisette Lucretius maine matter mean ment merely mind moral motion murder nature never object observed Evelyn observed Tremaine opinion Orleans pause perhaps perpetual philosopher physics Place d'Orleans pleasure proof prove Providence pursued Evelyn question reason rejoined religion replied Evelyn replied Tremaine returned Evelyn returned Tremaine scepticism Scopas seemed Sennacherib sense SHAKSPEARE soul spirit suppose supposition sure tell thing thought tion Tremaine allowed true truth Voltaire whole wish wonderful
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Page 335 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 203 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 290 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence ; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Page 283 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking off...
Page 373 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 55 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Page 283 - 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 271 - Are many lesser Faculties that serve Reason as chief; among these Fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things, Which the five watchful Senses represent, She forms Imaginations, Aery shapes, Which Reason joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private Cell when Nature rests.
Page 320 - Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour, when, stealing from the noise Of care and envy, sweet remembrance soothes With Virtue's kindest looks his aching breast, And turns his tears to rapture.
Page 49 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.