Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1825 - 380 pages |
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... Suppose the world we live in to have had a Crea- tor ; suppose it to appear from the predominant aim and tendency of the provisions and contrivances ob- servable in the universe , that the Deity , when he formed it , consulted for the ...
... Suppose the world we live in to have had a Crea- tor ; suppose it to appear from the predominant aim and tendency of the provisions and contrivances ob- servable in the universe , that the Deity , when he formed it , consulted for the ...
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... suppose the knowledge of it to be highly conducive to the happiness of the species - a purpose which so many provisions of nature are ' cal- culated to promote ; suppose , nevertheless , almost the whole race , either by the ...
... suppose the knowledge of it to be highly conducive to the happiness of the species - a purpose which so many provisions of nature are ' cal- culated to promote ; suppose , nevertheless , almost the whole race , either by the ...
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... Suppose , for a moment , this statue hollowed out , and filled with an extraordinary mechanism of clockwork . It begins to move ; it nods ; it thunders ; it may even be made to produce death . It stalks with dignity round a given space ...
... Suppose , for a moment , this statue hollowed out , and filled with an extraordinary mechanism of clockwork . It begins to move ; it nods ; it thunders ; it may even be made to produce death . It stalks with dignity round a given space ...
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... Suppose a ship were periodically to arrive from some far off and unknown country ; that a band of armed men should land from it without opposition ; should call upon all the chiefs and rulers of the place , and , like the famous Cretan ...
... Suppose a ship were periodically to arrive from some far off and unknown country ; that a band of armed men should land from it without opposition ; should call upon all the chiefs and rulers of the place , and , like the famous Cretan ...
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... suppose , " said Tremaine . " And if , " asked Evelyn , " during one or two visits , the head of this armed band were to point his dart at you , or to throw his eyes over you , as if exa- mining whether you might not be a proper ...
... suppose , " said Tremaine . " And if , " asked Evelyn , " during one or two visits , the head of this armed band were to point his dart at you , or to throw his eyes over you , as if exa- mining whether you might not be a proper ...
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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.