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Pagina ix
... reasons , and seems wise by fits , Such wit's called wisdom , that has lost its wits . Unnamed by me this witling bard ... reason , and assert its throne ; Shall fables still for virtue's sake commend , And wit , the means , shall wisdom ...
... reasons , and seems wise by fits , Such wit's called wisdom , that has lost its wits . Unnamed by me this witling bard ... reason , and assert its throne ; Shall fables still for virtue's sake commend , And wit , the means , shall wisdom ...
Pagina xiii
... reason to be ashamed of it , for I can justify it to men of good principles , discretion , and recondite learning ... reasons and proofs examined . This incre- dulity may be attributed- 1. To the infinite abuses of the people , and ...
... reason to be ashamed of it , for I can justify it to men of good principles , discretion , and recondite learning ... reasons and proofs examined . This incre- dulity may be attributed- 1. To the infinite abuses of the people , and ...
Pagina 1
... reasons for some strange new acts , that looked like miracles by being pe- culiar to the individual genius of some ... reason , and would not allow the least tittle to be true without it . Yet the man that had found out so great a ...
... reasons for some strange new acts , that looked like miracles by being pe- culiar to the individual genius of some ... reason , and would not allow the least tittle to be true without it . Yet the man that had found out so great a ...
Pagina 5
... reason and the commerce I have had with persons of politer nations than ours is , teach me that this pro- ceeds entirely from vanity and affectation , and the greatest proof of a woman's modesty , chas- tity , and sincerity certainly ...
... reason and the commerce I have had with persons of politer nations than ours is , teach me that this pro- ceeds entirely from vanity and affectation , and the greatest proof of a woman's modesty , chas- tity , and sincerity certainly ...
Pagina 8
... reason for this art , and know how to ac- count for the practicability of it , the moment they hear the proposition advanced ; the reasons for it are so obvious to the very first consider- ation we can make about it . It will be ...
... reason for this art , and know how to ac- count for the practicability of it , the moment they hear the proposition advanced ; the reasons for it are so obvious to the very first consider- ation we can make about it . It will be ...
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Pagina 63 - ... of enjoyments ; that peace and plenty were the handmaids of a middle fortune; that temperance, moderation, quietness, health, society, all agreeable diversions, and all desirable pleasures, were the blessings attending the middle station of life...
Pagina 12 - I began to apply myself to make such necessary things as I found I most wanted, particularly a chair and a table ; for without these I was not able to enjoy the few comforts I had in the world...
Pagina 9 - I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in him will I trust Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence...
Pagina 37 - It happened one day about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand.
Pagina 10 - That he found and left Mrs. Donne very sad and sick in her bed ; and that, after a long and dangerous labour, she had been delivered of a dead child. And, upon examination, the abortion proved to be the same day and about the very hour that Mr. Donne affirmed he saw her pass by him in his chamber.
Pagina 54 - Master, and then let him know that was to be my name. I likewise taught him to say Yes and No, and to know the meaning of them.
Pagina 10 - This is a relation that will beget some wonder; and it well may, for most of our world are at present possessed with an opinion that visions and miracles are ceased. And though it is most certain, that two lutes being both strung and tuned to an equal pitch, and then one played upon, the other, that is not touched, being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will (like an echo to a trumpet) warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune; yet many will not believe there is any such thing...
Pagina 47 - So that if any one will examine himself concerning his notion of pure substance in general, he will find he has no other idea of it at all, but only a supposition of he knows not what support of such qualities which are capable of producing simple ideas in us; which qualities are commonly called accidents.
Pagina 65 - Secondly, my people were perfectly subjected. I was absolute lord and lawgiver; they all owed their lives to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had been occasion for it, for me.
Pagina 37 - I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up to a rising ground to look farther. I went up the shore and down the shore, but it was all one, I could see no other impression but that one.