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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... seem a paradox to those persons who have read his strong and caustic controversial writings ; but the defender of the opinions of a sect , with his pen in his hand , is a very different character when uninfluenced by the spirit of ...
... seem a paradox to those persons who have read his strong and caustic controversial writings ; but the defender of the opinions of a sect , with his pen in his hand , is a very different character when uninfluenced by the spirit of ...
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... cation I acknowledge to be very imperfect , and the present , I am as ready to acknowledge , is still more so . But , paradoxical as it may seem , this will ever be the case in natural science , 1 so long as the works of God are , 55.
... cation I acknowledge to be very imperfect , and the present , I am as ready to acknowledge , is still more so . But , paradoxical as it may seem , this will ever be the case in natural science , 1 so long as the works of God are , 55.
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... seems to be exceedingly probable , that the pu- trid effluvium is in some measure extracted from the air , by means of the leaves of plants , and , therefore , that they render the remainder more fit for respiration . " " That plants ...
... seems to be exceedingly probable , that the pu- trid effluvium is in some measure extracted from the air , by means of the leaves of plants , and , therefore , that they render the remainder more fit for respiration . " " That plants ...
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... seems to have been traditionary among mankind , long before the invention of letters ; and it was one of the greatest incitements to virtue in the most polished ages of Greece and Rome . " The soul , secur'd in her existence , smiles At ...
... seems to have been traditionary among mankind , long before the invention of letters ; and it was one of the greatest incitements to virtue in the most polished ages of Greece and Rome . " The soul , secur'd in her existence , smiles At ...
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... seems founded on the principles of sound philosophy . But let us recollect that " The wisdom of the world is fool- ishness with God . " The mysteries of his sav ing grace are above human comprehension , " For my thoughts are not your ...
... seems founded on the principles of sound philosophy . But let us recollect that " The wisdom of the world is fool- ishness with God . " The mysteries of his sav ing grace are above human comprehension , " For my thoughts are not your ...
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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.