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... tion , prefixed to the Encyclopædia Britannica , Sir James Mack- intosh , after bearing testimony to Dr. Brown's genius , expressed himself with some degree of hesitation ( in excuse for which he pleaded the difficulty which he ...
... tion , prefixed to the Encyclopædia Britannica , Sir James Mack- intosh , after bearing testimony to Dr. Brown's genius , expressed himself with some degree of hesitation ( in excuse for which he pleaded the difficulty which he ...
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... tion of the mind , ' which adds to the mere facts of experience , ' and may truly be termed instinctive . ' Yet Dr. Brown scoffed at the doctrine of IDEAS , and at the belief of the schoolmen in ' things existing in the mind ! ' Again ...
... tion of the mind , ' which adds to the mere facts of experience , ' and may truly be termed instinctive . ' Yet Dr. Brown scoffed at the doctrine of IDEAS , and at the belief of the schoolmen in ' things existing in the mind ! ' Again ...
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... tion is derived , not from the laws or direct qualities of the objects con- sidered . But for our susceptibilities of those affections or states of the mind , which constituted the feeling of similarity , all objects would have been to ...
... tion is derived , not from the laws or direct qualities of the objects con- sidered . But for our susceptibilities of those affections or states of the mind , which constituted the feeling of similarity , all objects would have been to ...
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... tion of things singular . Singularium datur scientia is the maxim adopted by him , in opposition to the maxim of the schools . He has held up to ridicule , the students of the system of univer- sals ; because , as he has declared , the ...
... tion of things singular . Singularium datur scientia is the maxim adopted by him , in opposition to the maxim of the schools . He has held up to ridicule , the students of the system of univer- sals ; because , as he has declared , the ...
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... tion . ' But how ( if Dr. Brown's theory be accurate ) might Bacon teach new rules of physical investigation , ' until he had , in the first place , furnished the world with a theory of perception more true than that which flourished in ...
... tion . ' But how ( if Dr. Brown's theory be accurate ) might Bacon teach new rules of physical investigation , ' until he had , in the first place , furnished the world with a theory of perception more true than that which flourished in ...
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Page 208 - tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the Sons of Morning sung. While the Creator great His constellations set, And the well-balanced world on hinges hung, And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel keep.
Page 540 - Yet count our gains! This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied', Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, • Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds...
Page 208 - Ring out, ye crystal Spheres! Once bless our human ears (If ye have power to touch our senses so), And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the base of Heaven's deep organ blow, And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 207 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 89 - Then thought I to understand this : but it was too hard for me, Until I went into the sanctuary of God : then understood I the end of these men; Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places : and castest them down, and destroyest them.
Page 526 - Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Page 256 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 539 - IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of corn ; and if (instead of each picking where and what it liked, taking just as much as it wanted, and no more) you should see ninety-nine of them gathering all they got, into a heap ; reserving nothing for themselves, but the chaff and the refuse ; keeping this heap for one, and that the weakest, perhaps worst...
Page 212 - Belial came last, than whom a Spirit more lewd Fell not from Heaven, or more gross to love Vice for itself...
Page 209 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead ! Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony. This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes...