 | James Beattie - Truth - 1771 - 588 pages
..., would needs attempt an improvement upon this paflage ; and, to make furer work, obliges his hero to prove his exiftence by argument, before he allows him to enter upon any other inquiry : " What Cfelts. ON T&U.TH. 77 ged ; and they are of fo great importance, ,that w hi L we doubt of their truth,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...the mind is active ; where it, with some degree of voluntary attention, considers any thing. Loitt. What am I ? or from whence ? for that I am I know, because I llM ; but whence I came, Or how this frame ot mine began to be, What other being can disclose... | |
 | James Beattie (LL.D.) - Truth - 1807 - 400 pages
...Adam to prove his existence by argument, be* fore he allows him to enter upon any other enquiry : " What am I ? or from whence ? — For that I am " I know, because I tbini : but whence I camei " Or now this frame of mine began to be, " What other being can... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 752 pages
...mind is aclive ; where it, with fome degree of voluntary attention,, eonfiders any thing. Locke. — What am I ? or from whence ? for that I am I know, becaufe I think. Drycttn. — Thofe who perceive dully, or retain ideas in their minds ill, will have little matter... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...inspire; Or earth, but new divided from the sky, And pliant still, retain'd th' ethereal energy. DRYDEN. What am I ? or from whence ? for that I am I know, because I think; but whence I came, Or how this frame of mine began to be, What other being can disclose... | |
 | Edward James Drury - French language - 1878 - 140 pages
...and that together, with exclamations and interrogations combined (indeed he quoted for Dryden) : — What am I ! or from whence ! For that I am I know, because I think ! but whence I came, Or how this frame of mine began to be, What other being can disclose... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...inspire ; Or earth, but new divided from the sky, And pliant still, retain'd th' ethereal energy. DRYDEN. What am I? or from whence? for that I am I know, because I think; but whence I came, Or how this frame of mine began to be, What other being can disclose... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - Literary Criticism - 1883 - 490 pages
...song. Then Adam, " as newly created, laid on a bed of moss and flowers by a rock," begins thus : " What am I ?' or from whence ? For that I am I know, because I think." (Cogito, ergo sum.) There is no need of going on with this. This coldblooded way... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - Literary Criticism - 1883 - 500 pages
...song. Then Adam, " as newly created, laid on a bed of moss and flowers by a rock," begins thus : " What am I ? or from whence ? For that I am I know, because I think." (Cogito, ergo sum.) There is no need of going on with this. This coldblooded way... | |
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What am I? or from whence? - For that I am I know, because I think: but whence I came, Or how this frame of mine began to be, What other being can disclose to me? 
