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... concerning Art ; the second concerning Music , Paint- ing , and Poetry ; the third concerning Happiness . These trea- tises , in addition to their merit as original compositions , are illustrated by a variety of learned notes and ...
... concerning Art ; the second concerning Music , Paint- ing , and Poetry ; the third concerning Happiness . These trea- tises , in addition to their merit as original compositions , are illustrated by a variety of learned notes and ...
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... genuine principles of religious and civil liberty , as well as a firm supporter of every branch of our admirable constitution . MALMESBURY . CONTENTS . THREE TREATISES . ( 1744 ) I. CONCERNING xii LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE AUTHOR .
... genuine principles of religious and civil liberty , as well as a firm supporter of every branch of our admirable constitution . MALMESBURY . CONTENTS . THREE TREATISES . ( 1744 ) I. CONCERNING xii LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE AUTHOR .
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... CONCERNING HAPPINESS , A DIALOGUE . 25 29 32 32 33 33 36 39 PART I. PART II . HERMES . ( 1751 ) BOOK I. 43 71 PREFACE - 111 CHAP . I. Introduction - Design of the whole - 117 CHAP . II . Concerning the Analyzing of Speech into its ...
... CONCERNING HAPPINESS , A DIALOGUE . 25 29 32 32 33 33 36 39 PART I. PART II . HERMES . ( 1751 ) BOOK I. 43 71 PREFACE - 111 CHAP . I. Introduction - Design of the whole - 117 CHAP . II . Concerning the Analyzing of Speech into its ...
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... Concerning general or universal Ideas · 205 - 208 - 211 - 217 CHAP . V. Subordination of Intelligence - Difference ... Concerning Substance natural - how continued , or carried on - Principles of this Continuation , two - increased to ...
... Concerning general or universal Ideas · 205 - 208 - 211 - 217 CHAP . V. Subordination of Intelligence - Difference ... Concerning Substance natural - how continued , or carried on - Principles of this Continuation , two - increased to ...
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... Concerning When and Where - Concerning Time and Place , and their Definitions - When and Where , how distinguished from Time and Place , how connected with them - Descriptions of When and Where - their Utility and Importance in human ...
... Concerning When and Where - Concerning Time and Place , and their Definitions - When and Where , how distinguished from Time and Place , how connected with them - Descriptions of When and Where - their Utility and Importance in human ...
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Page 412 - 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 335 - 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 121 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure...
Page 434 - tis his, and hath been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that WHICH NOT ENRICHES HIM, BUT MAKES ME POOR INDEED.
Page 312 - 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 132 - 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 438 - 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 357 - In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room Throng numberless...
Page 72 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves. 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing, or else excusing one another ;) 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
Page 520 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...