“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 41
... objects . The fphere in which we move , and act , and un- derfland , is of a wider circumference to one creature than another , according as we rife one above another in the fcale of existence . But the wideft of thefe our spheres has ...
... objects . The fphere in which we move , and act , and un- derfland , is of a wider circumference to one creature than another , according as we rife one above another in the fcale of existence . But the wideft of thefe our spheres has ...
Page 42
... objects among which he feems to be inceffantly employed , if we confider , in the first place , that he is omniprefent ; and , in the fecond , that he is omniscient . ture . If we confider him in his omnipresence : his being paff- es ...
... objects among which he feems to be inceffantly employed , if we confider , in the first place , that he is omniprefent ; and , in the fecond , that he is omniscient . ture . If we confider him in his omnipresence : his being paff- es ...
Page 53
... objects which are apt to produce them . When a young fellow complained to an old phi- lofopher that his wife was not handfome , Put lefs water in your wine , fays the philofopher , and you will quickly make her fo . Wine heightens ...
... objects which are apt to produce them . When a young fellow complained to an old phi- lofopher that his wife was not handfome , Put lefs water in your wine , fays the philofopher , and you will quickly make her fo . Wine heightens ...
Page 66
... object as it is impoffible to get the better of ; I mean himself . He made no doubt of marrying me within four or five months , and began to proceed with fuch an af- fured eafy air , that piqued my pride not to banish him ; quite ...
... object as it is impoffible to get the better of ; I mean himself . He made no doubt of marrying me within four or five months , and began to proceed with fuch an af- fured eafy air , that piqued my pride not to banish him ; quite ...
Page 94
... objects which are moft agreeable to them , and which they cannot meet with in thefe lower regions of nature ; objects , which neither eye hath feen , nor ear heard , nor can it enter into the heart of man to conceive ? " C · > " I ...
... objects which are moft agreeable to them , and which they cannot meet with in thefe lower regions of nature ; objects , which neither eye hath feen , nor ear heard , nor can it enter into the heart of man to conceive ? " C · > " I ...
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