Of the Proficience and Advancement of LearningWilliam Pickering, 1840 - 350 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة ix
... fix our thoughts on the remote and permanent , instead of narrow and fleeting objects . It teaches us to believe that there is really something great and excellent in the world , surviving all the shocks and accidents and fluctua- tions ...
... fix our thoughts on the remote and permanent , instead of narrow and fleeting objects . It teaches us to believe that there is really something great and excellent in the world , surviving all the shocks and accidents and fluctua- tions ...
الصفحة xi
... fixed or settled in its defects , but to be susceptible of growth and reformation . 5. It is power . 6. It advances fortune . 7. It is our greatest source of delight . 8. It insures immortality . These positions are proved by all the ...
... fixed or settled in its defects , but to be susceptible of growth and reformation . 5. It is power . 6. It advances fortune . 7. It is our greatest source of delight . 8. It insures immortality . These positions are proved by all the ...
الصفحة 7
... fixed memorial , and immortal monument , bearing a character or signature both of the power of a king , and the difference and perfection of such a king . Therefore I did conclude with myself , that I could not make unto your majesty a ...
... fixed memorial , and immortal monument , bearing a character or signature both of the power of a king , and the difference and perfection of such a king . Therefore I did conclude with myself , that I could not make unto your majesty a ...
الصفحة 32
... fix their eyes upon princes , is in the outward ceremony barbarous , but the moral is good : for men ought not by cunning and bent observations to pierce and penetrate into the hearts of kings , which the Scrip- ture hath declared to be ...
... fix their eyes upon princes , is in the outward ceremony barbarous , but the moral is good : for men ought not by cunning and bent observations to pierce and penetrate into the hearts of kings , which the Scrip- ture hath declared to be ...
الصفحة 61
... fix- ing of the stars , ever standing at equal distance , is with great elegancy noted . And in another place , ' Qui facit Arcturum , et Oriona , et Hyadas , et in- teriora Austri ; " where again he takes knowledge of the depression of ...
... fix- ing of the stars , ever standing at equal distance , is with great elegancy noted . And in another place , ' Qui facit Arcturum , et Oriona , et Hyadas , et in- teriora Austri ; " where again he takes knowledge of the depression of ...
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