The Life of Joseph Priestly: LL.D., F.R.S., &c., with Critical Observations on His WorksWilks, Grafton, & Company, 1804 - 112 страници |
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... admirable even to his enemies . Posterity will do jus- tice to the memory of this great man , and the author of this sketch has felt the purest intellectual pleasure in the production of even an imperfect memorial of departed genius ...
... admirable even to his enemies . Posterity will do jus- tice to the memory of this great man , and the author of this sketch has felt the purest intellectual pleasure in the production of even an imperfect memorial of departed genius ...
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... admiration of man- kind . In the dawn of science , indeed , the inventors of the useful arts were deified by those to whom they became benefactors by their discoveries ; and the skilful in agriculture , were considered as super - human ...
... admiration of man- kind . In the dawn of science , indeed , the inventors of the useful arts were deified by those to whom they became benefactors by their discoveries ; and the skilful in agriculture , were considered as super - human ...
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... admiration of his friends . When not engaged in the study of languages , the books which he most delighted to peruse were on religion , particularly the allegories of the ingenious Bunyan ; and this early in- . clination to read the ...
... admiration of his friends . When not engaged in the study of languages , the books which he most delighted to peruse were on religion , particularly the allegories of the ingenious Bunyan ; and this early in- . clination to read the ...
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... admirable profi- ciency under his tuition . While engaged in this two - fold charge , of preceptor to youth , and pastor to those of riper years , Mr. Priestley acci- dentally became acquainted with a clergyman of the established church ...
... admirable profi- ciency under his tuition . While engaged in this two - fold charge , of preceptor to youth , and pastor to those of riper years , Mr. Priestley acci- dentally became acquainted with a clergyman of the established church ...
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... admirably said by Lord Bolingbroke , " The public service is not confined to those whom the prince appoints to the several posts in the administration under him . Men of all L degrees ought to instruct themselves in those affairs ...
... admirably said by Lord Bolingbroke , " The public service is not confined to those whom the prince appoints to the several posts in the administration under him . Men of all L degrees ought to instruct themselves in those affairs ...
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Страница 68 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Страница 89 - And through the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course : him for the studious shade Kind nature form'd, deep, comprehensive, clear, Exact, and elegant ; in one rich soul, Plato, the Stagyrite, and Tully join'd.
Страница 42 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
Страница 105 - PRESBYTERIANS,' etc. etc. ; and, at one time, I was followed by a number of boys, who left their play, repeating what they had seen on the walls, and shouting out, ' Damn Priestley ; damn him, damn him, for ever, for ever,' etc. etc. This was no doubt a lesson which they had been taught by their parents, and what they, I fear, had learned from their superiors.
Страница 61 - ... it might not be so proper for us in the usual healthy state of the body: for as a candle burns out much faster in dephlogisticated than in common air, so we might, as may be said, live out too fast, and the animal powers be too soon exhausted in this pure kind of air. A moralist, at least, may say that the air which nature has provided for us is as good as we deserve.
Страница 91 - The man resolved and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries ; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Страница 91 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Страница 61 - But perhaps we may also infer from these experiments that though pure dephlogisticated air might be very useful as a medicine, it might not be so proper for us in the usual healthy state of the body: for as a candle burns out much faster in dephlogisticated...
Страница 39 - We shall all meet finally: we only require different degrees of discipline, suited to our different tempers, to prepare us for final happiness.
Страница 40 - About eight o'clock, he desired to have three pamphlets which had been looked out by his directions the evening before. He then dictated as clearly and distinctly as he had ever done in his life, the additions and alterations which he wished to have made in each.