Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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Page 107
... into the adyta of causation ; and all that laborious con- jecture can do , is to fill up the gaps of fancy . Under that despotism of the eye ( the emanci- pation from which Pythagoras by his numeral , and Plato CHAPTER VI. ...
... into the adyta of causation ; and all that laborious con- jecture can do , is to fill up the gaps of fancy . Under that despotism of the eye ( the emanci- pation from which Pythagoras by his numeral , and Plato CHAPTER VI. ...
Page 116
... eye have beheld the sun , had not its own essence been soliform , ” ( i . e . pre - con- figured to light by a similarity of essence with that of light ) " neither can a soul not beautiful attain to an intuition of beauty . ” CHAPTER ...
... eye have beheld the sun , had not its own essence been soliform , ” ( i . e . pre - con- figured to light by a similarity of essence with that of light ) " neither can a soul not beautiful attain to an intuition of beauty . ” CHAPTER ...
Page 119
... eyes , like an old crucifix ; That counterchanges whatsoe'er it calls B ' another name , and makes it true or false ; Turns truth to falsehood , falsehood into truth , ' By virtue of the Babylonian's tooth . " MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS ...
... eyes , like an old crucifix ; That counterchanges whatsoe'er it calls B ' another name , and makes it true or false ; Turns truth to falsehood , falsehood into truth , ' By virtue of the Babylonian's tooth . " MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS ...
Page 123
... eyes but by the process of seeing ; yet having seen we know that the eyes must have pre - existed in order to render the process of sight possible . Let us cross - examine Hartley's scheme under the guidance of this distinction ; and we ...
... eyes but by the process of seeing ; yet having seen we know that the eyes must have pre - existed in order to render the process of sight possible . Let us cross - examine Hartley's scheme under the guidance of this distinction ; and we ...
Page 153
... eye of the world , and the world so po- tent in most men's hearts , that I shall endanger either not to be regarded or not to be under- stood . " 66 MILTON Reason of Church Government . And to conclude the subject of citation , with a 153.
... eye of the world , and the world so po- tent in most men's hearts , that I shall endanger either not to be regarded or not to be under- stood . " 66 MILTON Reason of Church Government . And to conclude the subject of citation , with a 153.
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