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... bodies , indicates motion ; for we cannot conceive of change , unless , at the same time , we suppose motion . Science , then , is in fact , an account of the different motions to which bodies are subjected in consequence of their ...
... bodies , indicates motion ; for we cannot conceive of change , unless , at the same time , we suppose motion . Science , then , is in fact , an account of the different motions to which bodies are subjected in consequence of their ...
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... bodies certain arbitrary properties , such as best served their purpose , in accounting for the phenomena of naFrom this fertile source proceeded various founders of systems , and sects , every one of whom , assigned a different cause ...
... bodies certain arbitrary properties , such as best served their purpose , in accounting for the phenomena of naFrom this fertile source proceeded various founders of systems , and sects , every one of whom , assigned a different cause ...
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... bodies which cannot be increased or diminished , and that are found in all bodies on which experiments can be made , must be considered as universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever ; thus the qualities of impenetrability and ...
... bodies which cannot be increased or diminished , and that are found in all bodies on which experiments can be made , must be considered as universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever ; thus the qualities of impenetrability and ...
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... bodies are subjects of chemical research . The solid matter which composes our terrestrial globe ; the waters that occupy its cavities ; the gaseous fluid circumfused around it , together with the agencies of heat and light , are ...
... bodies are subjects of chemical research . The solid matter which composes our terrestrial globe ; the waters that occupy its cavities ; the gaseous fluid circumfused around it , together with the agencies of heat and light , are ...
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... bodies as well as their figure and size . This proposition receives ready assent , because it is true and logical ... bodies , are atoms ; ** or those small invisible elements of bodies which cannot 20 THE POLYANTHOS .
... bodies as well as their figure and size . This proposition receives ready assent , because it is true and logical ... bodies , are atoms ; ** or those small invisible elements of bodies which cannot 20 THE POLYANTHOS .
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Page 91 - All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see ; All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 173 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 210 - Her lips were red, and one was thin ; Compared to that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly ; But Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze, Than on the sun in July.
Page 141 - Thou smil'st as if thy soul were soaring To heaven, and heaven's God adoring! And who can tell what visions high May bless an infant's sleeping eye! What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind, Ere sin destroy or error dim The glory of the seraphim?
Page 217 - Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!
Page 12 - Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal nature lifts her changeful form, Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same...
Page 288 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all can please, Oh! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to bestow, we wish in vain, But all may shun the guilt of giving pain.
Page 194 - The first discovery of their being affected, was to see the white gutters made by their tears, which plentifully fell down their black cheeks, as they came out of their coal-pits. Hundreds and hundreds of them were soon brought under deep convictions, which (as the event proved) happily ended in a sound and thorough conversion.
Page 142 - How bright the unchanging morn appears! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, " How blest the righteous when he dies !
Page 231 - After a solemn pause, Mr. Whitefield thus addressed his numerous audience ; — ' The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner...