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... appear sufficiently clear and appropriate : yet , his remarks are common - place , and his ge nius does not seem of that bold and original cast which is likely to lift up the veil of Nature any higher than his predecessors have done ...
... appear sufficiently clear and appropriate : yet , his remarks are common - place , and his ge nius does not seem of that bold and original cast which is likely to lift up the veil of Nature any higher than his predecessors have done ...
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... many noble and almost unlimited fields of inquiry , that their interest and their wealth appear alike inex- haustible . It often happens that the men best qualified , both by talents and education , to promote the growth xxiv . PREFACE .
... many noble and almost unlimited fields of inquiry , that their interest and their wealth appear alike inex- haustible . It often happens that the men best qualified , both by talents and education , to promote the growth xxiv . PREFACE .
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... appear in all their original splendour , and some- times glance upon our retrospective ken with a brightness rendered more dazzling by comparison with modern actors on the great stage of human life . There is something of extraordinary ...
... appear in all their original splendour , and some- times glance upon our retrospective ken with a brightness rendered more dazzling by comparison with modern actors on the great stage of human life . There is something of extraordinary ...
Page xxx
... appear more brilliant from a consideration of the period of the world in which they were performed . In times more pro pitious , how few are the examples that will bear any comparison with them , even amongst those endeavouring after ...
... appear more brilliant from a consideration of the period of the world in which they were performed . In times more pro pitious , how few are the examples that will bear any comparison with them , even amongst those endeavouring after ...
Page xxxiv
... of general patronage , shall appear ; and , if a single ardent and comprehensive mind is induced , by a perusal of this little book , to engage in those pure and exalted studies of which it treats , I shall not xxxiv PREFACE .
... of general patronage , shall appear ; and , if a single ardent and comprehensive mind is induced , by a perusal of this little book , to engage in those pure and exalted studies of which it treats , I shall not xxxiv PREFACE .
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Page 84 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 165 - Necessity, that imperious all-pervading law of nature, restrains them within the prescribed bounds. The race of plants and the race of animals shrink under this great restrictive law. And the race of man cannot, by any efforts of reason, escape from it.
Page 81 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man...
Page 197 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 191 - In vain, or not for admirable ends. Shall little haughty ignorance pronounce His works unwise, of which the smallest part Exceeds the narrow vision of her mind? As if upon a...
Page 97 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 179 - Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm.
Page 199 - But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night...
Page 81 - From different natures marvellously' mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds*! Distinguished link in being's endless chain*! Midway from nothing' to the Deity*! A beam ethereal', sullied', and absorpt*! Though sullied*, and dishonour'd', still divine*? Dim miniature' of greatness absolute*! An heir of glory/! a frail child of dust*! Helpless immortal'! insect infinite*! A worm'! a god*! — I tremble' at myself, And in myself am lost*!
Page 74 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.