Religio medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a friend, with an intr. and notes by J.W.W. Bund |
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... wisdom to decline them , especially upon a disadvantage , or when the cause of truth might suffer in the weakness of my patronage . Where we desire to be informed , ' tis good to contest with men above our- selves ; but , to confirm and ...
... wisdom to decline them , especially upon a disadvantage , or when the cause of truth might suffer in the weakness of my patronage . Where we desire to be informed , ' tis good to contest with men above our- selves ; but , to confirm and ...
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... wisdom to decline them , especially upon a disadvantage , or when the cause of truth might suffer in the weakness of my patronage . Where we desire to be informed , ' tis good to contest with men above our- selves ; but , to confirm and ...
... wisdom to decline them , especially upon a disadvantage , or when the cause of truth might suffer in the weakness of my patronage . Where we desire to be informed , ' tis good to contest with men above our- selves ; but , to confirm and ...
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... wisdom and eternity . With the one I recreate , with the other I confound , my understanding : for who can speak of eternity without a solecism , or think thereof without an ecstasy ? Time we may comprehend ; ' tis but five days elder ...
... wisdom and eternity . With the one I recreate , with the other I confound , my understanding : for who can speak of eternity without a solecism , or think thereof without an ecstasy ? Time we may comprehend ; ' tis but five days elder ...
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... wisdom , in which I am happy ; and for the contemplation of this only do not repent me that I was bred in the way of study . The advantage I have of the vulgar , with the content and happiness I conceive therein , is an ample recompense ...
... wisdom , in which I am happy ; and for the contemplation of this only do not repent me that I was bred in the way of study . The advantage I have of the vulgar , with the content and happiness I conceive therein , is an ample recompense ...
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... wisdom naturally knows what's best his intellect stands ready fraught with the super- lative and purest ideas of goodness , consultations , and election , which are two motions in us , make but one in him his actions springing from his ...
... wisdom naturally knows what's best his intellect stands ready fraught with the super- lative and purest ideas of goodness , consultations , and election , which are two motions in us , make but one in him his actions springing from his ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 155 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Página 153 - But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.
Página 153 - ... daily haunts us with dying mementos, and time that grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration, diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation.
Página 95 - I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of /company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof.
Página 8 - I could never hear the AveMary bell* without an elevation, or think it a sufficient warrant, because they erred in one circumstance, for me to err in all, that is, in silence and dumb contempt ; whilst therefore they directed their devotions to her, I offered mine to God, and rectified the errors of their prayers, by rightly ordering mine own.
Página 13 - tis good to sit down with a description, periphrasis, or adumbration ; for by acquainting our Reason how unable it is to display the visible and obvious effects of nature, it becomes more humble and submissive unto the subtleties of Faith ; and thus I teach my haggard and unreclaimed reason to stoop unto the lure of Faith.
Página 94 - The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens above us, but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. That mass of flesh that circumscribes me, limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end, cannot persuade me I have any.
Página 7 - The Physical Geography of the Sea and its Meteorology ; or, the Economy of the Sea and its Adaptations, its Salts, its Waters, its Climates, its Inhabitants, and whatever there may be of general interest in its Commercial Uses or Industrial Pursuits. By Commander MF Maury, LL.D.
Página 150 - What song the syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture. What time the persons of these ossuaries entered the famous nations of the dead, and slept with princes and counsellors, might admit a wide solution.
Página 196 - Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause : This is the happy Warrior; this is He That every Man in arms should wish to be.