The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 pàgines |
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... opinion of the ancients , and perhaps of the moderns , I fhall , in treating this fubject , invert the order , and endeavour to prove , that the first was the Iron - Age , and the last , when it shall please Heaven to send it , will be ...
... opinion of the ancients , and perhaps of the moderns , I fhall , in treating this fubject , invert the order , and endeavour to prove , that the first was the Iron - Age , and the last , when it shall please Heaven to send it , will be ...
Pàgina 46
... opinion of Voltaire , who must not be thought deficient in truth because he abounds in vivacity . Were I difpofed to depreciate one of our famous moderns , it would be an hiftorian whofe reputation is much too great to be hurt by fo ...
... opinion of Voltaire , who must not be thought deficient in truth because he abounds in vivacity . Were I difpofed to depreciate one of our famous moderns , it would be an hiftorian whofe reputation is much too great to be hurt by fo ...
Pàgina 54
... and the mo- derns more natural . We agree with Locke because we are afraid to differ from him ; but we join in opinion with Beattie , because he seems to have brought down down his pofitions and arguments to a level with our [ 54 ]
... and the mo- derns more natural . We agree with Locke because we are afraid to differ from him ; but we join in opinion with Beattie , because he seems to have brought down down his pofitions and arguments to a level with our [ 54 ]
Pàgina 61
... opinion in natural philofophy unfupported by experiment . It was by experiment that Boyle fhewed the pro- perties of the atmosphere , and that New- ton confirmed all his fublime theories . Halley took long voyages to perfect , or ...
... opinion in natural philofophy unfupported by experiment . It was by experiment that Boyle fhewed the pro- perties of the atmosphere , and that New- ton confirmed all his fublime theories . Halley took long voyages to perfect , or ...
Pàgina 70
... opinion of the English , that the French ships fail better than their own . If this were so , it seems difficult to account for the French ships not getting away from ours when it is their * Since writing the above , the Spaniards have ...
... opinion of the English , that the French ships fail better than their own . If this were so , it seems difficult to account for the French ships not getting away from ours when it is their * Since writing the above , the Spaniards have ...
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Æneid againſt alfo alſo artiſt becauſe beſt Brazen-Age cauſe circumſtances confequence confidered confift converfation courſe cuſtom effect Epitaph eſtabliſhed exifts exiſt expreffed faid fame fays feems fenfation fhall fhew firft firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fource ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe furely genius Gothic Gothic Architecture greateſt himſelf honour houſe idea increaſed inftances inftrument inſtead Iron-Age laft laſt leaſt lefs liberty meaſure ment modern moſt mufic muft muſical muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffages painting perfection perfons perhaps philofopher pleaſe pleaſure poet poffeffion poffefs Pope preſent principle produced progrefs purpoſe reaſon refpect replied reſemblance ſay ſcarce Schâh ſcience ſeems ſhall ſhort ſhould Silver-Age ſmall ſome ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſe tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Timur tion ture ufual uſe Voltaire wiſh worfe worſe Zadib