American Quarterly Review, Volume 4Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828 - American essays |
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... observation of nature may be , still we can only add to the knowledge already possessed , an acquaintance with phenomena which a less careful observation had passed by , but which were not the less truly a part of the series . There is ...
... observation of nature may be , still we can only add to the knowledge already possessed , an acquaintance with phenomena which a less careful observation had passed by , but which were not the less truly a part of the series . There is ...
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... observed in the ninth lecture , " that those philosophers who have had the wisdom to perceive that man can discover ... observe and arrange the sequence of phenomena as antecedent and consequent . " " As we can know nothing of mat- ter ...
... observed in the ninth lecture , " that those philosophers who have had the wisdom to perceive that man can discover ... observe and arrange the sequence of phenomena as antecedent and consequent . " " As we can know nothing of mat- ter ...
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... observations on this subject , ) " relative no less than the secondary ; for all that we can know of matter is , that it is the cause of certain sensations which we experience . " Now , though we have more distinct and familiar notions ...
... observations on this subject , ) " relative no less than the secondary ; for all that we can know of matter is , that it is the cause of certain sensations which we experience . " Now , though we have more distinct and familiar notions ...
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... observation , a greater number of images than those around him , could have none that had not occurred to other minds . To minds of a higher order , images are suggested by analogy , and new and striking combi- nations and trains of ...
... observation , a greater number of images than those around him , could have none that had not occurred to other minds . To minds of a higher order , images are suggested by analogy , and new and striking combi- nations and trains of ...
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... observations have been formed ! And nature effects all this by the simplest means , the more sure for their ... observation , or less nice in analy- sis , while it will produce feelings and views far more valuable than the discovery of ...
... observations have been formed ! And nature effects all this by the simplest means , the more sure for their ... observation , or less nice in analy- sis , while it will produce feelings and views far more valuable than the discovery of ...
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Page 282 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning! Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid! Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 282 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; star of the east, the horizon adorning, guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 147 - In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth -, But love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth; from heaven it came, to heaven...
Page 397 - Marshal of the district into which they are brought ; and to appoint a proper person or persons, residing upon the coast of Africa, as agent or agents for receiving the negroes, mulattoes, or persons of colour, delivered from on board vessels seized in the prosecution of the Slave Trade by commanders of The United States
Page 284 - Thou art gone to the grave ; but we will not deplore thee; Whose God was thy ransom, thy guardian, and guide : He gave thee, he took thee, and he will restore thee ; And death has no sting, for the Saviour hasoied.
Page 396 - The object, to which its attention is to be exclusively directed, is to promote and execute a plan for colonizing (with their consent) the free people of color residing in our country in Africa, or such other place as Congress shall deem most expedient.
Page 196 - Shakspearc and Milton, like gods in the fight, Have put their whole drama and epic to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope. Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, \ and will beat forty more...
Page 274 - Committee, that it is the duty of this country to promote the interest and happiness of the native inhabitants of the British dominions in India, and thai such measures ought to be adopted, as may tend to the introduction among them of useful knowledge, and of religious and moral improvement.
Page 282 - Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore him in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all.