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... scarcely known to himself otherwise than as the indescribable emotions of conceptive genius . The most agreeable companion imaginable , he was , in a far higher capacity , brave , loyal , and good , at a time when these qualities were ...
... scarcely known to himself otherwise than as the indescribable emotions of conceptive genius . The most agreeable companion imaginable , he was , in a far higher capacity , brave , loyal , and good , at a time when these qualities were ...
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... scarcely worth considering , since it is an inquiry which admits of no direct answer , and tends to no useful result . The Atheist , with whom Christianity has most concern , is the unbeliever in that God who has revealed himself to us ...
... scarcely worth considering , since it is an inquiry which admits of no direct answer , and tends to no useful result . The Atheist , with whom Christianity has most concern , is the unbeliever in that God who has revealed himself to us ...
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... scarcely credible 257 CHAP . XV . SECRETION , NUTRITION , AND PROCREATION The consideration of the living principle resumed 258 259 The subject of Procreation well illustrated by Hunter 262 Abernethy's own remarks thereon .. 263 CHAP ...
... scarcely credible 257 CHAP . XV . SECRETION , NUTRITION , AND PROCREATION The consideration of the living principle resumed 258 259 The subject of Procreation well illustrated by Hunter 262 Abernethy's own remarks thereon .. 263 CHAP ...
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... scarcely be said to have escaped the perils of a farrago of conflicting ingredients in the same prescription ; not to mention the lesser evil of an unlimited accumulation of similar articles under different names . Such was naturally ...
... scarcely be said to have escaped the perils of a farrago of conflicting ingredients in the same prescription ; not to mention the lesser evil of an unlimited accumulation of similar articles under different names . Such was naturally ...
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... scarcely recognise their old friends with new names . Great benefit must , however , necessarily accrue from an improved nomenclature , which , with the precision of enlightened science , expresses , in no small degree , the value of ...
... scarcely recognise their old friends with new names . Great benefit must , however , necessarily accrue from an improved nomenclature , which , with the precision of enlightened science , expresses , in no small degree , the value of ...
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Abernethy ABERNETHY-continued Abernethy's acquainted admitted alluded Anecdote animal apoplexy appear attention believe better Bishop Horne blood Bodmin body brain CHAP character Christ Christian circumstances Clovenford Coleridge College Comparative Anatomy Cornaro dead death digestion dinner disease divines doctrine Duke of Orleans earth equally eternity evidence fact faculties favour Glynn gout head heaven honour human Hunter illustrative immortality interesting John Hunter judge judgment justice King late learned lectures likewise living Lord manner Materialists means mind mode moral nature never Norway observation opinion organs patient persons Phrenology physician Poem present principle Prodicus profession pupils Queen Dowager reason recollection remarks respecting resurrection righteous scarcely Scott SCOTT-continued Scripture Seatonian Prize sermon Sir Tristram sleep soul spirit suppose surgeon suspended animation tell thou thought tion Tom Payne truth tumour Tweed vertebral column Wadebridge whilst whole words
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Página 65 - But original déficience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for
Página 202 - in the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken. " But they will maintain the state of the world, and all their desire is in the work of their
Página 80 - reached Abbotsford on the 19th. About half-past one, PM on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day, so warm, that every window was wide open—and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others
Página 67 - Milton knew human nature only in the gross, and had never studied the shades of character, nor the combinations of concurring, or the perplexity of contending, passions. He had read much, and knew what books could teach ; but had mingled little in the world, and was deficient in the knowledge which experience must confer.
Página 27 - Write ; from henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Página 202 - cannot a city be inhabited ; and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down ; "They shall not be sought for in public counsel, nor sit high in the congregation ; they shall not sit in the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
Página 70 - Be not ye afraid of them ; remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'
Página 80 - most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.
Página 64 - I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place ; and, with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the human mind.
Página 66 - sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment and action to superior beings, to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven,