A Treatise on the Conduct of the UnderstandingS. Andrus, 1849 - 132 páginas |
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... likewise , " says he , " how much my method has been approved of by a person who has examined it to the bottom , and who is our common friend : I mean Mr. John Locke , who , if we consider his genius and penetrating and exact judgment ...
... likewise , " says he , " how much my method has been approved of by a person who has examined it to the bottom , and who is our common friend : I mean Mr. John Locke , who , if we consider his genius and penetrating and exact judgment ...
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... likewise in the train of argu- mentation , to take up the author's ideas , neg- lecting his words , observing how they connect or separate those in the question . He that does this will be able to cast off all that is su- perfluous ; he ...
... likewise in the train of argu- mentation , to take up the author's ideas , neg- lecting his words , observing how they connect or separate those in the question . He that does this will be able to cast off all that is su- perfluous ; he ...
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... likewise , the scripture calleth envy an evil eye ; and the astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects ; sc that still there seemeth to be acknowledged , in the act of envy , an ejaculation , or irradiation of the ...
... likewise , the scripture calleth envy an evil eye ; and the astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects ; sc that still there seemeth to be acknowledged , in the act of envy , an ejaculation , or irradiation of the ...
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... likewise more into the note of others ; and envy ever redoubleth from speech and fame . Cain's envy was the more vile and malignant towards his brother Abel , because , when his sacrifice was better accepted , there was nobody to look ...
... likewise more into the note of others ; and envy ever redoubleth from speech and fame . Cain's envy was the more vile and malignant towards his brother Abel , because , when his sacrifice was better accepted , there was nobody to look ...
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... likewise usual in in- fections , which , if you fear them , you call them upon you . This public envy seemeth to bear chiefly upon principal officers or ministers , rather than upon kings and states themselves . But this is a sure rule ...
... likewise usual in in- fections , which , if you fear them , you call them upon you . This public envy seemeth to bear chiefly upon principal officers or ministers , rather than upon kings and states themselves . But this is a sure rule ...
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Página 7 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Página 183 - Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.
Página 19 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessmg of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols ; .and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 92 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end...
Página 131 - I CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue; the Roman word is better, "impedimenta;" for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory.
Página 6 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.
Página 184 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores...
Página 184 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things.
Página 159 - There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Página 37 - There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many; and maketh men become humane and charitable ; as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind ; friendly love perfecteth it ; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.