Makers of Modern Thought; Or Five Hundred Years' Struggle (1200 A.D. to 1699 A.D.) Between Science, Ignorance, and Superstition, Volume 1G. Philip, 1892 - Humanities |
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... existence , as , and when , we reach the date of its introduction , we by the process of elimination arrive with some degree of accuracy at the condition of things in A.D. 1200 ; that is to say , we know what , of that which we now ...
... existence , as , and when , we reach the date of its introduction , we by the process of elimination arrive with some degree of accuracy at the condition of things in A.D. 1200 ; that is to say , we know what , of that which we now ...
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... existence is longer . A nation is but the aggregation of its individual members , some of whom have but breathed the first breath of life , while others are breathing their last . Between these extremes , youth , man- hood , and old age ...
... existence is longer . A nation is but the aggregation of its individual members , some of whom have but breathed the first breath of life , while others are breathing their last . Between these extremes , youth , man- hood , and old age ...
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... all proportion to the land ; he concluded , therefore , that India must extend much further into the ocean westward than was represented . The idea of the existence of the continent of America never CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS . 27.
... all proportion to the land ; he concluded , therefore , that India must extend much further into the ocean westward than was represented . The idea of the existence of the continent of America never CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS . 27.
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David Nasmith. idea of the existence of the continent of America never entered his brain . His belief was that there must be land where , or about where , he subsequently found that land did exist . His project was to sail through the ...
David Nasmith. idea of the existence of the continent of America never entered his brain . His belief was that there must be land where , or about where , he subsequently found that land did exist . His project was to sail through the ...
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... existence of the antipodes to be heresy , for , said he , that would be to sup- pose the existence of men not descended from Adam , whereas the Bible says that the whole human race is descended from the same father . Diego de Denza ...
... existence of the antipodes to be heresy , for , said he , that would be to sup- pose the existence of men not descended from Adam , whereas the Bible says that the whole human race is descended from the same father . Diego de Denza ...
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Page 206 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Page 213 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land...
Page 204 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 208 - Let me play the fool : With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, . And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster...
Page 219 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life ; But that the dread of something after death, — The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, — puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 206 - I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell. All. Ding, dong, bell. Bass. So may the outward shows be least themselves : The world is still deceiv'd with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text...
Page 217 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath; it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes...
Page 210 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love : Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues ; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent ; for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Page 205 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 199 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.