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... spirit of procrastination , I cannot but rejoice that my own intentions have survived that which threatened their frustration , and that I have been permitted , though late , to redeem my pledge by the publication of these volumes ...
... spirit of procrastination , I cannot but rejoice that my own intentions have survived that which threatened their frustration , and that I have been permitted , though late , to redeem my pledge by the publication of these volumes ...
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... spirits , against the cold potion ; and Cato , before he durst give the fatal stroke , spent part of the night in reading the Immortality of Plato , thereby confirming his wavering hand unto the animosity of that attempt . " It is the ...
... spirits , against the cold potion ; and Cato , before he durst give the fatal stroke , spent part of the night in reading the Immortality of Plato , thereby confirming his wavering hand unto the animosity of that attempt . " It is the ...
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... spirit and vigour of his pursuit always gives delight ; and the reader follows him , without reluctance , thro ' his mazes , in them- selves flowery and pleasing , and ending at the point originally in view . To have great excellencies ...
... spirit and vigour of his pursuit always gives delight ; and the reader follows him , without reluctance , thro ' his mazes , in them- selves flowery and pleasing , and ending at the point originally in view . To have great excellencies ...
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... spirit of Plato , to unfold What worlds , or what vast regions hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook , & c . ' " commenced his travels , by visiting Ireland with his father xxxviii SUPPLEMENTARY MEMOIR .
... spirit of Plato , to unfold What worlds , or what vast regions hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook , & c . ' " commenced his travels , by visiting Ireland with his father xxxviii SUPPLEMENTARY MEMOIR .
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... spirit and form of his religious belief , and it may claim ( as one of his reviewers has well said ) a high rank among the fairest monuments of English mind . " It has always appeared to me , that it was Browne's great aim , in the ...
... spirit and form of his religious belief , and it may claim ( as one of his reviewers has well said ) a high rank among the fairest monuments of English mind . " It has always appeared to me , that it was Browne's great aim , in the ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.