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" If a discourse on the use of the parts of the body may be considered as an hymn to the Creator ; the use of the passions, which are the organs of the mind, cannot be barren of praise to him... "
The Works of Thomas Reid; with an Account of His Life and Writings - Page 336
by Thomas Reid - 1822
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes. Authors, 544 ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...more directly , than the mind with all its boasted subtlety. bURKE: Vindic. of Nat. Society, 1756. everywhere find of His wisdom who made it. If a discourse on the use of the parts of the body may be...
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Errors in the Use of English

William Ballantyne Hodgson - 1881 - 240 pages
...copy of his idea who uses it.' — BLAIR, Lectures [Read, ' the idea conceived by him who,' &c.] ' The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of his wisdom who made it.' — BURKE, Inquiry into the Sublime. [Read, 'the wisdom...
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Errors in the Use of English

William Ballantyne Hodgson - 1882 - 268 pages
...exact copy of his idea who uses it." — BLAIR, Lectures. [Read, " the idea conceived by him who," &c.] "The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of his wisdom who made it." — BURKE, Inquiry into the Sublime. [Read, "the wisdom...
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The Writer's Handbook, a Guide to the Art of Composition, Embracing a ...

1888 - 576 pages
...he invoked the only power that ever has, or ever will, arrest the march of the final revolution. 99. The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of his wisdom who made it. 100. No people ever was more readily assailed by the sword...
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Longmans' School Composition

David Salmon - 1890 - 322 pages
...coward's who is afraid to speak the truth. Words should convey an exact copy of his idea who uses them. The more accurately we search into the human mind the stronger traces we find everywhere of His wisdom who made it. The sight of his blood whom they deemed invulnerable shook...
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Longmans' School Composition

David Salmon - 1890 - 318 pages
...coward's who is afraid to speak the truth. Words should convey an exact copy of his idea who uses them. The more accurately we search into the human mind the stronger traces We find everywhere of His wisdom who made it. The sight of his blood whom they deemed invulnerable shook...
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A Drill Book in English

1891 - 120 pages
...who is afraid to speak the truth. 2. Words should convey an exact copy of his idea who uses them. 3. The more accurately we search into the human mind the stronger traces we find everywhere of His wisdom who made it. 4. Of all other figures of speech, irony should be the most...
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Horae Sabbaticae: Third series

James Fitzjames Stephen - 1892 - 392 pages
...in life. There are a few exceptions to this remark. Read, eg, the 19th section of the first part : ' The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of his wisdom who made it,' etc. There is a similar passage in Section 5 of Part II.,...
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Principles of English Composition Through Analysis and Synthesis: A Text ...

P. Goyen - 1894 - 148 pages
...the expression so as to exhibit neither more nor less than an exact copy of his idea who uses it. 20. The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we find of his wisdom who made it. 21. Nina was annoyed by the presence of Mr. Jekyl, whom her brother...
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Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and ...

Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...indifferent to the sight of a starry night, and who run to an exhibition of fireworks. — Richter. The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of His wisdom who made it. — Burke. There are some minds which have only surface...
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