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... thought , and peculiar circumstances must , therefore , be taken into account , before we can come to a just estimate of character . " Not slothful in business ; fervent in spirit , " Rom . xii . 11. " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do ...
... thought , and peculiar circumstances must , therefore , be taken into account , before we can come to a just estimate of character . " Not slothful in business ; fervent in spirit , " Rom . xii . 11. " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do ...
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... thought and action , is responsible to his Crea- tor and moral governor for the right application of those powers . His actions are to be regulated by certain moral laws ; and his mental capa- bilities are a precious loan , which he ...
... thought and action , is responsible to his Crea- tor and moral governor for the right application of those powers . His actions are to be regulated by certain moral laws ; and his mental capa- bilities are a precious loan , which he ...
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... took place , as it some- times did during his chemical operations ; at other times , when he found him , as he thought , neglecting his proper studies , he would say , — " Was there ever so idle a dog ! " SIR HUMPHREY DAVY . 19.
... took place , as it some- times did during his chemical operations ; at other times , when he found him , as he thought , neglecting his proper studies , he would say , — " Was there ever so idle a dog ! " SIR HUMPHREY DAVY . 19.
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... thought nothing in nature too insignificant for his observation . The youth was not rich enough to purchase all the instruments and apparatus which would have assisted his experiments ; but being quick in invention , he generally ...
... thought nothing in nature too insignificant for his observation . The youth was not rich enough to purchase all the instruments and apparatus which would have assisted his experiments ; but being quick in invention , he generally ...
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... thought and action were so closely allied that , before the post which was to convey the letter went out of Bristol , he was himself on the road to Penzance . He would have reached the place before the letter had he not called on his ...
... thought and action were so closely allied that , before the post which was to convey the letter went out of Bristol , he was himself on the road to Penzance . He would have reached the place before the letter had he not called on his ...
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Page vii - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page v - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Page 113 - I was indebted to chance alone for stumbling upon his hiding-place. I sat up for the greatest part of several nights successively, and, before he suspected that his treatise was discovered, had completely mastered it. I could now enter upon my own; and that carried me pretty far into the science.
Page 114 - I went on, till I had got together about a dozen of them. Certainly nothing on earth was ever so deplorable: such as they were, however, they were talked of in my little circle, and I was sometimes invited to repeat them, even out of it. I never committed a line to paper for two reasons ; first, because I had no...
Page 172 - West has conquered — he has treated his subject as it ought to be treated' — I retract my objections. — I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art.
Page 190 - ... length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads, according to their respective positions, having a candle by me.
Page 193 - I saw the spring box, with part of the chain round it ; and asked him what it was that made the box turn round? He told me that it was turned round by a steel spring within it. Having then never seen any other spring than that of my father's...
Page 121 - ... had sunk deep into his mind. At parting, he informed me that he charged himself with my present support, and future establishment; and that till this last could be effected to my wish, I should come and reside with him. These were not words of course: they were more than fulfilled in every point. I did go, and reside with him ; and I experienced a warm and cordial reception, a kind and affectionate esteem, that has known neither diminution nor interruption, from that hour to this, a period of...
Page 119 - To obviate any idea of selection, a sheet was accordingly taken from the beginning of the first Satire. My friend died while it was in the press. After a few melancholy weeks, I resumed the translation; but found myself utterly incapable of proceeding. I had been so accustomed to connect the name of Mr.