Orations, Lectures and EssaysCharles Griffin, 1866 - 290 páginas |
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... particular objects are mean and unaffecting , the landscape which they compose is round and symmetrical . And as the eye is the best composer , so light is the first of painters . There is no object so foul , that intense light will not ...
... particular objects are mean and unaffecting , the landscape which they compose is round and symmetrical . And as the eye is the best composer , so light is the first of painters . There is no object so foul , that intense light will not ...
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... Particular natural facts are symbols of par- ticular facts . 3. Nature is the symbol of spirits . 1. Words are signs of natural facts . The use of natural history is to give us aid in supernatural history . The use of the outer creation ...
... Particular natural facts are symbols of par- ticular facts . 3. Nature is the symbol of spirits . 1. Words are signs of natural facts . The use of natural history is to give us aid in supernatural history . The use of the outer creation ...
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... particular meanings . But how great a language to convey such pepper - corn informations ! Did it need such noble races of creatures , this profusion of forms - this host of orbs in heaven - to furnish man with the diction- ary and ...
... particular meanings . But how great a language to convey such pepper - corn informations ! Did it need such noble races of creatures , this profusion of forms - this host of orbs in heaven - to furnish man with the diction- ary and ...
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... particular to general ; of combination to one end of manifold forces . Proportioned to the importance of the organ to be formed , is the extreme care with which its tuition is provided , —— a care pretermitted in no single case . What ...
... particular to general ; of combination to one end of manifold forces . Proportioned to the importance of the organ to be formed , is the extreme care with which its tuition is provided , —— a care pretermitted in no single case . What ...
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... particular events , but great classes , nay , the whole series of events , and so conform all facts to his character . Nature is thoroughly mediate . It is made to serve . It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which ...
... particular events , but great classes , nay , the whole series of events , and so conform all facts to his character . Nature is thoroughly mediate . It is made to serve . It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which ...
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action American astronomy beauty becomes behold better CHARLES GRIFFIN church cloth common divine doctrine duties earth Edinburgh Review effeminacy eternal evermore exist fact faculties faith fear feel Feudalism forms garden genius give Goethe Greece hath heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope hour human idea ideal theory infinite inspiration instantly intellect Justice and Truth labour land landscape language lative laws light live look LORD BROUGHAM manual labour matter means ment mind moral Nature never noble objects perfect persons philosophy Pindar plant Plato Plotinus poet poetry poor present reason relation religion rich scholar seems seen sense sentiment shines society solitude soul speak spirit stand stars sublime things thou thought tion trade true truth universal virtue whilst whole WILLIAM COBBETT wisdom wise words worship Zoroaster