T. Lucretius Carus,: Of the Nature of Things, in Six Books, Translated Into English Verse;J. Matthews, 1714 - 402 pages |
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... weight of fifty Years ; Dear bought Experience told me what was true , And Friendship bids me tell those Truths to you . Quit not for publick Cares thy College - Life , Nor take , that fort of Settlement , a Wife . Trust not the glitt ...
... weight of fifty Years ; Dear bought Experience told me what was true , And Friendship bids me tell those Truths to you . Quit not for publick Cares thy College - Life , Nor take , that fort of Settlement , a Wife . Trust not the glitt ...
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... Weight , Heat , Poverty , War , & c . are only Conjuncts or Events , Properties or Accidents of Body and Void . VII . From v . 526 to v . 573 , he teaches , that the first little Bodies , or Principles of Things , are perfect Solids ...
... Weight , Heat , Poverty , War , & c . are only Conjuncts or Events , Properties or Accidents of Body and Void . VII . From v . 526 to v . 573 , he teaches , that the first little Bodies , or Principles of Things , are perfect Solids ...
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... Weight With those , whofe FIGURE is but just as great ? For , did as many equal BODIES frame Both Wool and Lead , their Weight would be the fame . For ev'ry Part of MATTER downwards tends , 420 By NATURE heavy ; but no VoID defcends ...
... Weight With those , whofe FIGURE is but just as great ? For , did as many equal BODIES frame Both Wool and Lead , their Weight would be the fame . For ev'ry Part of MATTER downwards tends , 420 By NATURE heavy ; but no VoID defcends ...
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... weight an Extenfion in it , there must be of Bodies , would infer immenfe a Subftance in it likewife . For vacuities in the Air , which is two Void doth not exclude all Sub- thousand times lighter than ftance , but only Body ; and Gold ...
... weight an Extenfion in it , there must be of Bodies , would infer immenfe a Subftance in it likewife . For vacuities in the Air , which is two Void doth not exclude all Sub- thousand times lighter than ftance , but only Body ; and Gold ...
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... Weight , and this I take to be the σώμα , πήδε κένον the All is Bafis of the Epicurean Atheism , partly Body , partly Void : And which once remov'd , that Tower Cicero , in 2. de Nat . Deor . Om- of Babel , which now rifes fo nia quæ ...
... Weight , and this I take to be the σώμα , πήδε κένον the All is Bafis of the Epicurean Atheism , partly Body , partly Void : And which once remov'd , that Tower Cicero , in 2. de Nat . Deor . Om- of Babel , which now rifes fo nia quæ ...
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Page 302 - Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls...
Page 302 - Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain.
Page 283 - ... with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 200 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 98 - The institution has, indeed, continued to our own time ; the garret is still the usual receptacle of the philosopher and poet ; but this, like many ancient customs, is perpetuated only by an accidental imitation, without knowledge of the original reason for which it was established.
Page 11 - He is everywhere confident of his own reason, and assuming an absolute command, not only over his vulgar reader, but even his patron Memmius. For he is always bidding him attend as if he had the rod over him, and using a magisterial authority while he instructs him.
Page 138 - High as the Mother of the Gods in place, And proud, like her, of an immortal race. Then, when in pomp she makes the Phrygian round, With golden turrets on her temples crown'd; A hundred gods her sweeping train supply; Her offspring all, and all command the sky.
Page 206 - The next, in place and punishment, are they Who prodigally throw their souls away; Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn'd their fate. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'n, and breathe the vital air: But fate forbids; the Stygian floods oppose, And with nine circling streams the captive souls inclose.
Page 100 - And craves no more than undisturb'd delight: Which minds unmix'd with cares, and fears, obtain; A Soul serene, a body void of pain. So little this corporeal frame requires; So bounded are our natural desires, That wanting all, and setting pain aside, With bare privation sence is satisfied.
Page 73 - tis fweet to vifit firft Untouch'd and virgin (beams, and quench! my third. I joy to crop frefli flowers, and get a crown For new and rare inventions of my own...