Where am I, or what ? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return ? Whose favour shall I court, and whose anger must I dread? What beings surround me, and on whom have I any influence, or who have any influence on me... The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 9811808Full view - About this book
| 1739 - 480 pages
...(hall I «' return ? whofe Favour lhall I court, and whofe *' Anger mutt I dread ? what Beings furround me ? " and on whom have I any Influence, or who have ** any Influence on me ? I am confounded with'all •* thefe Queftions, and begin to fancy myfelf in the ** moft deplorable State imaginable,... | |
| Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1807 - 464 pages
...do I derive my existence, and to " what condition shall I return ? Whose favour shall I court, and whose " anger must I dread ? What beings surround...imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness, and utterly deprived of *' the use of every member and faculty." And is this the fruit of those boasted philosophical... | |
| Thomas Cogan - 1807 - 540 pages
...From what .causes do I derive my existence, and (o what condition shall I return? I am confounded with these questions, and begin to fancy myself In the...imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness."}: The trifler Voltaire has no claim to be placed in a Una •with the above Philosophers. They appeared... | |
| Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1814 - 482 pages
...do I derive my " existence, and to what condition shall I return ? Whose " favour shall I court, and whose anger must I dread ? What '* beings surround...who have any influence on me ? I am confounded with a reprimand from the Judge, or at least of being admonished of the point in question. His Orations... | |
| 1815 - 398 pages
...From what eausea do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I rcturn? I am confounded with these questions, and begin to fancy myself in the...imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness." It was this which pcopled with terrors the imagination of the dying Voltaire, when he dishurdened his... | |
| 1822 - 526 pages
...shall I return ? Whose favour must I court, and whose anger must I dread ? What beings surround me ? On whom have I any influence, or who have any influence...imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness, and utterly deprived of the use of every member and faculty." But scepticism is no part of the system of Doctor... | |
| 1824 - 492 pages
...I derive existence, or to what condition do I return ? I am confounded with these questions ; and I begin to fancy myself in the most deplorable condition imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness ! — p. 332. ZOROASTER AND HIS RELIGION. THE religion of the Persians had followed the fate of then... | |
| Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1824 - 492 pages
...I derive existence, or to what condition do I return ? I am tonfounded with these questions; and I begin to fancy myself in the most deplorable condition imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness!—p. 332. ZOROASTER AND HIS RELIGION. THE religion of the Persians had followed the fate... | |
| David Hume - 1826 - 508 pages
...causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return ? Whose favour shall I court, and whose anger must I dread ? What beings surround me...myself in the most deplorable condition imaginable, SECT, •environed with the deepest darkness, and utterly de- v^. ' i prived of the use of every member... | |
| Alexander Crombie - 1829 - 662 pages
...I dread? What beings surround me, and on whom have I any influence, and who have any influence over me ? I am confounded with all these questions, and...imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness, and utterly deprived of every member and faculty." * Is such a man an object of envy ? Does this pitiable state... | |
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