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Strona 392
... born at Samos ; and , having accidentally heard the philosopher Phere- cydes discourse upon the immortality of the soul , he abjured the low occupation to which he had been educated , and became himself a philoso- pher . Having enlarged ...
... born at Samos ; and , having accidentally heard the philosopher Phere- cydes discourse upon the immortality of the soul , he abjured the low occupation to which he had been educated , and became himself a philoso- pher . Having enlarged ...
Strona 393
... born at Formiæ . So carefully was he educated , and so diligently did he study , that he was consider- ed as an epitome of all human learning . Julius Cæsar knew and loved him . He was munificently patronised by Augustus . His treatise ...
... born at Formiæ . So carefully was he educated , and so diligently did he study , that he was consider- ed as an epitome of all human learning . Julius Cæsar knew and loved him . He was munificently patronised by Augustus . His treatise ...
Strona 394
... born at Naples , under Domitian , whom he flattered by the dedication of his two heroic poems . He has been so long the agree- able companion of some of our lighter hours , and so little justice has , in our opinion , been rendered him ...
... born at Naples , under Domitian , whom he flattered by the dedication of his two heroic poems . He has been so long the agree- able companion of some of our lighter hours , and so little justice has , in our opinion , been rendered him ...
Strona 396
... born at Sorrento . He is too well known to require a more specific notice ; and , even if our space permitted us to enter into details concerning the great author of Jerusalem Delivered , the able summary and elegant criticism of ...
... born at Sorrento . He is too well known to require a more specific notice ; and , even if our space permitted us to enter into details concerning the great author of Jerusalem Delivered , the able summary and elegant criticism of ...
Strona 397
... born at Otranto , and studied at Naples . He travelled over Europe , and gave offence in every country which he visited , by the boldness of his opinions , and the freedom of his discourse . Constant to no theory , at one time a fervent ...
... born at Otranto , and studied at Naples . He travelled over Europe , and gave offence in every country which he visited , by the boldness of his opinions , and the freedom of his discourse . Constant to no theory , at one time a fervent ...
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Strona 668 - I have almost forgot the taste of fears : The time has been, my senses would have cool'd To hear a night-shriek ; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse, and stir, As life were in't : I have supp'd full with horrors ; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.
Strona 453 - The sting she nourished for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Strona 607 - Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore : While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated...
Strona 637 - Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external, and by another name is called duration: relative, apparent, and common time, is some sensible and external (whether accurate or unequable) measure of duration by the means of motion, which is commonly used instead of true time; such as an hour, a day, a month, a year.
Strona 417 - The people, among whom you are going to live, are Mahometans. The first article of their faith is " There is no other God but God, and Mahomet is his prophet.
Strona 646 - The qualities of bodies, which admit neither intension nor remission of degrees, and which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever.
Strona 700 - Or let my lamp at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold, The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Strona 646 - To this purpose the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes.
Strona 641 - The motions of bodies included in a given space are the same among themselves, whether that space is at rest, or moves uniformly forward in a right line without any circular motion.
Strona 751 - THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather. Look up— your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds— that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.