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Pagina viii
... appears by the following letter , without any date : 66 66 66 MR . DR . PLAYFER , " A great desire will take a small occasion to ' hope and put in trial that which is desired . It pleased you a good while since , to express unto me ...
... appears by the following letter , without any date : 66 66 66 MR . DR . PLAYFER , " A great desire will take a small occasion to ' hope and put in trial that which is desired . It pleased you a good while since , to express unto me ...
Pagina xii
... appear by taking one specimen from each subject into which the work is divided : -viz . from HISTORY , relating to the Memory , POETRY , relating to the Imagination . And PHILOSOPHY , relating to the Understanding . * For William ...
... appear by taking one specimen from each subject into which the work is divided : -viz . from HISTORY , relating to the Memory , POETRY , relating to the Imagination . And PHILOSOPHY , relating to the Understanding . * For William ...
Pagina 6
... appearing sometimes in the zeal and jealousy of divines , sometimes in the severity and arrogancy of politicians , and sometimes in the errors and imper- fections of learned men themselves . I hear the former sort say , that knowledge ...
... appearing sometimes in the zeal and jealousy of divines , sometimes in the severity and arrogancy of politicians , and sometimes in the errors and imper- fections of learned men themselves . I hear the former sort say , that knowledge ...
Pagina 7
... appear these men do not observe or consider , that it was not the pure knowledge of nature and universality ) a knowledge by the light whereof man did give names unto other creatures in Paradise , as they were brought before him ...
... appear these men do not observe or consider , that it was not the pure knowledge of nature and universality ) a knowledge by the light whereof man did give names unto other creatures in Paradise , as they were brought before him ...
Pagina 28
... appear in that , we see men are more curious what they put into a new vessel , than into a vessel seasoned ; and what mould they lay about a young plant , than about a plant corroborate ; so as the weakest terms and times of all things ...
... appear in that , we see men are more curious what they put into a new vessel , than into a vessel seasoned ; and what mould they lay about a young plant , than about a plant corroborate ; so as the weakest terms and times of all things ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 313 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Pagina 158 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Pagina 13 - Jupiter's chair. ^<fo conclude therefore : let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress, or proficience in both...
Pagina 57 - So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Pagina 309 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Pagina 364 - Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again a little while and ye shall see me ; and, Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he saith.
Pagina 267 - But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on...
Pagina 226 - For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.
Pagina 52 - ... for, as water will not ascend higher than the level of the first spring-head from whence it descendeth, so knowledge derived from Aristotle, and exempted from liberty of examination, will not rise again higher than the knowledge of Aristotle.
Pagina 142 - Because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice. therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence.