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Strana 16
... former philosophers , in their mode of searching for a general criterion of what is knowable , is this : they endeavoured to ascertain the possible extent of human knowlege from the nature and pro- perties of the things to be known ; he ...
... former philosophers , in their mode of searching for a general criterion of what is knowable , is this : they endeavoured to ascertain the possible extent of human knowlege from the nature and pro- perties of the things to be known ; he ...
Strana 17
... former is built upon reason alone , the latter upon something which is different from reason ; the first is formal , universal , and necessary ; the latter are material , particular , and not strictly necessary ; the first says , Let us ...
... former is built upon reason alone , the latter upon something which is different from reason ; the first is formal , universal , and necessary ; the latter are material , particular , and not strictly necessary ; the first says , Let us ...
Strana 18
... former lay down the sub- stantial principles . There , if a young man has no serious in- clination to study , he may be as idle as he pleases : here , he must study , whether he will or not , and must be a complete dunce if he does not ...
... former lay down the sub- stantial principles . There , if a young man has no serious in- clination to study , he may be as idle as he pleases : here , he must study , whether he will or not , and must be a complete dunce if he does not ...
Strana 35
... former ages , might have been well enough adapted to the manner and habits of the people then in existence , was by their descendants felt to be in D 2 its its nature too heavy for enlightened freemen , and extremely Macaulay's ...
... former ages , might have been well enough adapted to the manner and habits of the people then in existence , was by their descendants felt to be in D 2 its its nature too heavy for enlightened freemen , and extremely Macaulay's ...
Strana 48
... former will contain more of that power , than the latter . The metal , then , which is applied to form the communication between the former and the latter , being a better Conductor than either , restores the equilibrium , and thus the ...
... former will contain more of that power , than the latter . The metal , then , which is applied to form the communication between the former and the latter , being a better Conductor than either , restores the equilibrium , and thus the ...
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Strana 160 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Strana 11 - ARCANA : or the principles of the late petitioners to parliament for relief in the matter of subscription.
Strana 127 - At the side was a pan or basin of milk, and the master and apprentices, each with a wooden spoon in his hand, without loss of time dipped into the same dish, and thence into the milk pan ; and as soon as it was finished, they all returned...
Strana 357 - The State of the Poor: or an History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the present Period ; in which are particularly considered, their Domestic Economy, with respect to Diet, Dress, Fuel, and Habitation ; and the various...
Strana 338 - With inward stillness, and a bowed mind ; When lo ! its folds far waving on the wind, I saw the train of the departing Year ! Starting from my silent sadness Then with no unholy madness Ere yet the...
Strana 130 - ... and forgotten by those to whose care nature or the laws had consigned them. These children are usually too long confined to work in close rooms, often during the whole night : the air they breathe from the oil...
Strana 130 - ... mosphere are predisposing causes to " sickness and debility, and particularly to " the epidemic fever which is so generally " to be met with in these factories. It is " also much to be questioned if society does " not receive detriment from the manner " in which children are thus employed " during their early years. They are not " generally strong to labour, or capable of " pursuing any other branch of business " when the term of their apprenticeship " expires. The females are wholly unin" structed...
Strana 116 - The Unitarian Society for promoting Christian Knowledge and the practice of Virtue, by the distribution of books.
Strana 59 - Smith soon attracted notice, by his passion for books, and by the extraordinary powers of his memory. The weakness of his bodily constitution prevented him from partaking in their more active amusements; but he was much beloved by them on account of his temper, which, though warm, was to an uncommon degree friendly and generous.
Strana 174 - History of Hindostan; its Arts, and its Sciences, as connected •with the History of the other great Empires of Asia, during the most ancient Periods of the World. With numerous illustrative Engravings.