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... nature , than by the con- viction of your judgment ? We laid open the foundations of society ; and you feared , that ... natural evils , ( in spite of the boasts of stoi- VOL . I. 4 cism they are evils ) and every endeavour which the.
... nature , than by the con- viction of your judgment ? We laid open the foundations of society ; and you feared , that ... natural evils , ( in spite of the boasts of stoi- VOL . I. 4 cism they are evils ) and every endeavour which the.
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... nature which , if left to itself , were the best and surest guide . It finds out imaginary beings prescribing ... nature , is wiser in its own plain way , and attends its own business more directly than the mind with all its boasted ...
... nature which , if left to itself , were the best and surest guide . It finds out imaginary beings prescribing ... nature , is wiser in its own plain way , and attends its own business more directly than the mind with all its boasted ...
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... nature has formed no bond of union to hold them together , he supplied this de- fect by laws . This is political society . And hence the sources of what are usually called states , civil societies or governments ; into some form of ...
... nature has formed no bond of union to hold them together , he supplied this de- fect by laws . This is political society . And hence the sources of what are usually called states , civil societies or governments ; into some form of ...
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... nature alone . This is true of several , but still is by far the majority in the same old state of blindness and ... natural evils , and such a nurse and increaser of blessings , as those of warm imaginations promise . In such a ...
... nature alone . This is true of several , but still is by far the majority in the same old state of blindness and ... natural evils , and such a nurse and increaser of blessings , as those of warm imaginations promise . In such a ...
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... nature ; and truly , if a man judged of the individuals of our race by their conduct when united and packed into ... natural acci- dents of sickness , and the dearth and badness of provision to which he must have been subject in the ...
... nature ; and truly , if a man judged of the individuals of our race by their conduct when united and packed into ... natural acci- dents of sickness , and the dearth and badness of provision to which he must have been subject in the ...
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Page 115 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 118 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: An image was before mine eyes, There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 171 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. That Orpheus...
Page 459 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 121 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 113 - Of the passion caused by the SUBLIME The passion caused by the great and sublime in nature, when those causes operate most powerfully, is Astonishment; and astonishment is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror. In this case the mind is so entirely filled with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on that object which employs it.
Page 117 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 324 - It is reconciled in policy ; and politics ought to be adjusted, not to human reasonings, but to human nature ; of which the reason is but a part, and by no means the greatest part.
Page 478 - Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies: that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Page 443 - The feelings of the colonies were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden, when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made him a slave.