An essay on the principles of human knowledgeJ. Archdeacon & J. Burges, 1794 - 240 pages |
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... judge of the greatness of one from the other : from the angle which the objects fubtend at the eye , the light and shades , distinctness and greatness , & c . of a known object , do we judge of its tangible distance , fize and fhape ...
... judge of the greatness of one from the other : from the angle which the objects fubtend at the eye , the light and shades , distinctness and greatness , & c . of a known object , do we judge of its tangible distance , fize and fhape ...
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... which extends not fo far as from the parts in the leaft to investigate their uses , but it deduces , their uses as before feen from a deprivation of the parts . B 2 19. We 19. We judge of the wisdom and utility of a ( 11 )
... which extends not fo far as from the parts in the leaft to investigate their uses , but it deduces , their uses as before feen from a deprivation of the parts . B 2 19. We 19. We judge of the wisdom and utility of a ( 11 )
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Edward Waring. 19. We judge of the wisdom and utility of a machine from the effects produced , and the contrivances employed in producing those effects . The effects produced , are every thing in the creation that we know and all beyond ...
Edward Waring. 19. We judge of the wisdom and utility of a machine from the effects produced , and the contrivances employed in producing those effects . The effects produced , are every thing in the creation that we know and all beyond ...
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... judge fomewhat of the size of the body ; for the larger the picture on the retina , the more light , the louder the found , the ftronger the fmell , & c . the larger , cæteris paribus , is generally the body : from thefe different ...
... judge fomewhat of the size of the body ; for the larger the picture on the retina , the more light , the louder the found , the ftronger the fmell , & c . the larger , cæteris paribus , is generally the body : from thefe different ...
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... judge for himself from his own faculties . II . It has further been faid , that motives always determine the mind : motive is a general word ; in deducing general propofitions we argue con- cerning fome particular , which fame argument ...
... judge for himself from his own faculties . II . It has further been faid , that motives always determine the mind : motive is a general word ; in deducing general propofitions we argue con- cerning fome particular , which fame argument ...
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Page 93 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound...
Page 93 - ... opened not his mouth. He was taken from prifon and from judgment : and who fhall declare. his generation ? for he was cur off out of the land of the living : for the tranfgreffion of my people was he ftricken.
Page 93 - But He was wounded for our tranfgreffions, He was bruifed for our iniquities : the chaftifement of our peace was upon Him ; and with His ftripes we are healed. All we like meep have gone aftray ; we have turned every one to his own way ; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Page 93 - He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth : He is brought as a lamb to the flaughter, and as a fheep before her fhearers is dumb, fo He openeth not His mouth. He was taken from prifon and from judgment : and who mall declare His generation ? for He was cut off out of the land of the living : for the tranfgreffion of my people was was He ftricken.
Page 93 - He is defpifed and rejected of men ; a Man of forrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him ; He was defpifed, and we efteemed Him not.
Page 115 - I could subjoin in utility : many more might have been added, but I never could hear of any reader in England out of Cambridge, who took the pains to read and understand what I have written.
Page 94 - And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death ; becaufe He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.
Page 92 - The prediction of Ifaiah is ftill clearer : ch. ix. 6, 7. " unto us a child is born, unto us a fon is " given, and the government fhall be upon his fhoulders ; and his " name fhall be called * Wonderful, Counfellor, the Mighty God, ." the Everlafting Father, the Prince of Peace : of the increafe of " his government and peace there fhall be no end, upon the throne
Page 93 - The Spirit of the LORD GOD is upon Me, becaufe the LORD hath anointed me...
Page 114 - I have given a history of the inventions of the different writers, and ascribed them to their respective authors, and likewise some account of my own. To every one of these sciences I have been able to make some additions, and in the whole, if I am not mistaken in enumerating them, somewhere between three and four...