THE MONTHLY REVIEW; OR,LITERARY JOURNAL1769 |
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... according to the variety of objects that act upon it . ' That we are active in the exertions of our will , will be readily allowed . But by the common turn of our language we feem to claim an activity in the exercises of our ...
... according to the variety of objects that act upon it . ' That we are active in the exertions of our will , will be readily allowed . But by the common turn of our language we feem to claim an activity in the exercises of our ...
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... according to modern philofo- phers . But accident or modification cannot exift by itself ; it must have some fubftance to inhere in or belong to , which fub- ftance is indeed the agent upon all occafions . Nevertheless we commonly ...
... according to modern philofo- phers . But accident or modification cannot exift by itself ; it must have some fubftance to inhere in or belong to , which fub- ftance is indeed the agent upon all occafions . Nevertheless we commonly ...
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... according to the appearances which they exhibit . Our Readers will judge for themselves of the probability of this fcheme , which , finding ourselves unable to accompany the Au- thor step by step through his admirable work , we have ex ...
... according to the appearances which they exhibit . Our Readers will judge for themselves of the probability of this fcheme , which , finding ourselves unable to accompany the Au- thor step by step through his admirable work , we have ex ...
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... according to the humour we are in , or according to the light in which we happen to take things . Therefore , in a matter fo unfettled , every one is at li berty to do as he pleafes , and I have chofen that partition which I think will ...
... according to the humour we are in , or according to the light in which we happen to take things . Therefore , in a matter fo unfettled , every one is at li berty to do as he pleafes , and I have chofen that partition which I think will ...
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... according as they ftand difpofed , force a particular kind of ideas upon the mind , and the latter , in every exertion of her power , caufes an alteration in the courfes of the former : fometimes defignedly , but oftner as a natural ...
... according as they ftand difpofed , force a particular kind of ideas upon the mind , and the latter , in every exertion of her power , caufes an alteration in the courfes of the former : fometimes defignedly , but oftner as a natural ...
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Page 544 - In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates...
Page 544 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will lift up My hand to the Gentiles, and set up My standard to the people : and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
Page 99 - And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 85 - ... extent, the French king's lay more compact ; Francis governed his kingdom with absolute power; that of Charles was limited, but he supplied the want of authority by address ; the...
Page 85 - ... and more patient of fatigue. The talents and abilities of the two monarchs were as...
Page 31 - I am apt to suspect the negroes and in general all the other species of men (for there are four or five different kinds) to be naturally inferior to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation.
Page 87 - The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral.
Page 297 - ... that the constitution of England had arrived to its full vigour, and the true balance between liberty and prerogative was happily established by law, in the reign of king Charles the second.
Page 34 - That no man of what estate or condition that he be, shall be put out of land or tenement, nor taken, nor imprisoned, nor disinherited, nor put to death, without being brought in answer by due process of law.
Page 61 - ... poets, which abound with fancy, and are the most amusing scenes in nature. There are three or four of this kind in Chaucer admirable : " the Flower and the Leaf every body has been delighted with.