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... instances , it is not surprising that those who write little should err . But we proceed to notice the powers of letters . - There has been much discussion on the forms of the letters , some con- tending that they are mere arbitary ...
... instances , it is not surprising that those who write little should err . But we proceed to notice the powers of letters . - There has been much discussion on the forms of the letters , some con- tending that they are mere arbitary ...
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... instance of the revolutions in language , to which we have already referred . In Dr. Johnson's day , it could be said , no English word terminated with c ; but , in the progress of retrenchment , it would not be surprising , if some ...
... instance of the revolutions in language , to which we have already referred . In Dr. Johnson's day , it could be said , no English word terminated with c ; but , in the progress of retrenchment , it would not be surprising , if some ...
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... instances of such revolutions ! They are , however , all our limits will allow us to expose . No better advice can be given to the inquirer , than that afforded by Pope in his Essay on Criticism : - " In words , as fashions , the same ...
... instances of such revolutions ! They are , however , all our limits will allow us to expose . No better advice can be given to the inquirer , than that afforded by Pope in his Essay on Criticism : - " In words , as fashions , the same ...
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... instances are few ; and , in ladies of genius and leisure , who could object ? The woman who neglected the duties of her family to prepare a drawing for the public eye , must be considered as a fit inmate for Bethlem or St. Luke's ; and ...
... instances are few ; and , in ladies of genius and leisure , who could object ? The woman who neglected the duties of her family to prepare a drawing for the public eye , must be considered as a fit inmate for Bethlem or St. Luke's ; and ...
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... instances of imperfections of the senses , and from want of memory of consciousness of existence previous to this time . During the age of infancy , also , the mind remains nearly passive ; for it is only as we advance towards maturity ...
... instances of imperfections of the senses , and from want of memory of consciousness of existence previous to this time . During the age of infancy , also , the mind remains nearly passive ; for it is only as we advance towards maturity ...
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Page 13 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Page 355 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 163 - In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible Knights of old : We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.
Page 414 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Page 41 - But the Imagination is conscious of an indestructible dominion ; — • the Soul may fall away from it, not being able to sustain its grandeur ; but, if once felt and acknowledged, by no act of any other faculty of the mind can it be relaxed, impaired, or diminished. — Fancy is given to quicken and to beguile the temporal part of our nature, Imagination to incite and to support the eternal.
Page 431 - Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences ; whereas, by his contrivance, the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, may write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, law, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.
Page 28 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 287 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 49 - But because the spirit of man cannot demean itself lively in this body without some recreating intermission of labour and serious things, it were happy for the commonwealth...
Page 431 - The pupils at his command took each of them hold of an iron handle, whereof there were forty fixed round the edges of the frame ; and giving them a sudden turn, the whole disposition of the words was entirely changed. He then commanded...