Lives of eminent persons. Letters. Prayers. IndexNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 4
... kind of life , and advised him with great zeal against it . But he was fteady in his refolu- tions , and in 1566 took the habit of the order , being then only in his 14th year , a time of life in most per- fons very improper for fuch ...
... kind of life , and advised him with great zeal against it . But he was fteady in his refolu- tions , and in 1566 took the habit of the order , being then only in his 14th year , a time of life in most per- fons very improper for fuch ...
Pàgina 12
... recreate his mind , and strengthen his conftitution , it was his father's cuftom to fend him into the fields , and employ him in agriculture and fuch fuch kind of rural occupations , which he continued through 12 BOERHAAVE .
... recreate his mind , and strengthen his conftitution , it was his father's cuftom to fend him into the fields , and employ him in agriculture and fuch fuch kind of rural occupations , which he continued through 12 BOERHAAVE .
Pàgina 13
Samuel Johnson. fuch kind of rural occupations , which he continued through all his life to love and practise ; and by this viciffitude of study and exercise preserved himself , in a great meafure , from thofe diftempers and depref ...
Samuel Johnson. fuch kind of rural occupations , which he continued through all his life to love and practise ; and by this viciffitude of study and exercise preserved himself , in a great meafure , from thofe diftempers and depref ...
Pàgina 15
... kind of knowledge induced him afterwards to cultivate them . In 1690 , having performed the exercises of the univerfity with uncommon reputation , he took his degree in philofophy ; and on that occafion difcuffed the important and ...
... kind of knowledge induced him afterwards to cultivate them . In 1690 , having performed the exercises of the univerfity with uncommon reputation , he took his degree in philofophy ; and on that occafion difcuffed the important and ...
Pàgina 33
... kind of experimental certainty of the diftinction be- tween corporeal and thinking substances , which mere reafon and philofophy cannot afford , and opportuni- ties of contemplating the wonderful and inexplicable union of foul and body ...
... kind of experimental certainty of the diftinction be- tween corporeal and thinking substances , which mere reafon and philofophy cannot afford , and opportuni- ties of contemplating the wonderful and inexplicable union of foul and body ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 443 - ALMIGHTY God, merciful Father, in whose hands are life and death, sanctify unto me the sorrow which I now feel. Forgive me whatever I have done unkindly to my mother, and whatever I have omitted to do kindly. Make me to remember her good precepts and good example, and to reform my life according to thy holy word, that I may lose no more opportunities of good.
Pàgina 428 - ... stroke, and that my speech was taken from me. I had no pain, and so little dejection in this dreadful state, that I wondered at my own apathy, and considered that perhaps death itself, when it should come, would excite less horrour than seems now to attend it.
Pàgina 423 - You willing in a short time to alleviate your trouble by some other exercise of the mind. I am not without my part of the calamity. No death since that of my Wife has ever oppressed me like this. But let us remember that we are in the hands of him who knows when to give, and when to take away, who will look upon us with mercy through all our variations of existence, and who invites us to call on him in the day of trouble. Call upon him in this great revolution of life, and call with confidence. You...
Pàgina 352 - Monboddo's, the Scotch Judge, who has lately written a strange book about the origin of language, in which he traces monkeys up to men, and says that in some countries the human species have tails like other beasts. He inquired for these long-tailed men of Banks, and was not well pleased that they had not been found in all his peregrination. He talked nothing of this to me...
Pàgina 303 - CHRISTIANITY; men may fometimes eagerly difpute, and yet not differ much from one another : the rigorous perfecutors of error, should, therefore, enlighten their zeal with knowledge, and temper their orthodoxy with CHARITY; that CHARITY, without which orthodoxy is vain...
Pàgina 214 - He seemed not at first much affected by her death, but in a few days lost his sleep and his appetite, which he never recovered ; but after having lingered about two years, with many...
Pàgina 428 - I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand to act as occasion should require. In penning this note I had some difficulty ; my hand, I knew not how nor why, made wrong letters.
Pàgina 335 - Ashbourne in the Peak. Let not the barren name of the Peak terrify you ; I have never wanted strawberries and cream. The great bull has no disease but age. I hope in time to be like the great bull ; and hope you will be like him too a hundred years hence.
Pàgina 366 - The return of my birth-day, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
Pàgina 421 - The King said in council, that the magistrates had not done their duty, but that he would do his own; and a proclamation was published, directing us to keep our servants within doors, as the peace was now to be preserved by force. The soldiers were sent out to different parts, and the town is now at quiet.