...species may be denominated Learned Nonsense. The following is an example of this kind from Cowley;— " Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last." The Fifth is the Profound, and which occurs most frequently in political writings. " 'T is agreed,"...

...into this expression : " To which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven : " Nothing is there to come and nothing past, But an eternal NOW does always last." Dr. Johnson, on the contrary, deals copiously in extracts illustrative of nearly all the extravagant...

...about it, goddess, and about it."t Of the same kind of school-metaphysics are these lines of Cowley ; " Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always lust."} What an insatiable appetite has this bastard-philosophy for absurdity and contradiction! A...

...bad'st me tread The beaten path and broad, that leads right on * The same expression is used by Cowley : "Nothing Is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last/1 t Milton's father was well skilled in music. 'o opulence, nor didst condemn thy son 0 the insipid...

...darkness there : On no smooth sphere the restless seasons slide. No circling ocean doth swift time divide. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. There sits the Almighty, first of all, and end, Whom nothing but himself can comprehend : Who with his word commandeth...

...is either past or to come: to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven: ' Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal NOW does always last.' For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them; and think...

...may he denominated Learned Nonsense. The following is an example of this kind from Cowley : — *' Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always lusts* In this sentence there is nothing hut ahsurdity and contradiction. A now that lasts ; an eternal...

...either past or to come : ' To which the ingenious Mr. Cowlej alludes in his description of heaven, Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal NOW does always last. For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them ; ahd think...

...either past or to come : ' To which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven, Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal NOW docs always last, For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed...

...there. On no smooth sphere the restless seasons slide, No circling motion doth swift time divide ; Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last." The Davideis from which these passages are taken was never finished, nor, as the author himself tells...