The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Том 36 |
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... thought to resemble fire ; for which reason the words fire and flame are made use of to signify love . The witty poets therefore have taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite number of witticisms ...
... thought to resemble fire ; for which reason the words fire and flame are made use of to signify love . The witty poets therefore have taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite number of witticisms ...
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... he defines it , is a propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject . If this be a true definition of wit , I am apt to think that Euclid was It is the greatest wit that ever set pen to B 3 N ° 62 . 5 SPECTATOR .
... he defines it , is a propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject . If this be a true definition of wit , I am apt to think that Euclid was It is the greatest wit that ever set pen to B 3 N ° 62 . 5 SPECTATOR .
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... thought to be beautiful which is not just , and has not its founda- tion in the nature of things ; that the basis of all wit is truth ; and that no thought can be valuable , of which good sense is not the ground - work . Boileau has ...
... thought to be beautiful which is not just , and has not its founda- tion in the nature of things ; that the basis of all wit is truth ; and that no thought can be valuable , of which good sense is not the ground - work . Boileau has ...
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... thoughts will be rising of themselves from time to time , though we give them no encouragement ; as the tossings and fluctuations of the sea continue several hours after the winds are laid . It is to this that I impute my last night's ...
... thoughts will be rising of themselves from time to time , though we give them no encouragement ; as the tossings and fluctuations of the sea continue several hours after the winds are laid . It is to this that I impute my last night's ...
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... thoughts , that she raises in her beholders admiration and good - will , but no loose hope or wild imagination . The true art in this case is , to make the mind and body im- * Erudition seems to be used here in an uncommon sense , for ...
... thoughts , that she raises in her beholders admiration and good - will , but no loose hope or wild imagination . The true art in this case is , to make the mind and body im- * Erudition seems to be used here in an uncommon sense , for ...
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Страница 232 - Being, whose justice, goodness, wisdom, and veracity, are all concerned in this great point. But among these and other excellent arguments for the immortality of the soul, there is one drawn x 2 from the perpetual progress of the soul to its perfection, without a possibility of ever arriving at it; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by others who have written on this subject, though it seems to me to carry a great weight with it.
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