Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen1W. Creech, 1813 - 525 páginas |
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... object that relieves them from melan- " choly . By that gloominess they are exhausted , and render- " ed insensible to the pleasures of life . Depressed in mind " they are unable to endure pain ; as it requires strength of " mind to ...
... object that relieves them from melan- " choly . By that gloominess they are exhausted , and render- " ed insensible to the pleasures of life . Depressed in mind " they are unable to endure pain ; as it requires strength of " mind to ...
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... object naturally ought to appear double ; and yet with two eyes we see every object single , precisely as if we had but one . Many philosophers , Sir Isaac Newton in particular , have endeavoured to account for this phenomenon by ...
... object naturally ought to appear double ; and yet with two eyes we see every object single , precisely as if we had but one . Many philosophers , Sir Isaac Newton in particular , have endeavoured to account for this phenomenon by ...
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... objects . But money is a species of property , of such extensive use as greatly to in- flame the appetite . Money prompts men to be in- dustrious ; and the beautiful productions of indus- try and art , rousing the imagination , excite a ...
... objects . But money is a species of property , of such extensive use as greatly to in- flame the appetite . Money prompts men to be in- dustrious ; and the beautiful productions of indus- try and art , rousing the imagination , excite a ...
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... object , and excludes all thought and invention : in such a train of life , the operator becomes dull and stupid , like a beast of burden . The difference is visible in the manners of the people in a country where , from want of hands ...
... object , and excludes all thought and invention : in such a train of life , the operator becomes dull and stupid , like a beast of burden . The difference is visible in the manners of the people in a country where , from want of hands ...
Página 153
... objects , is termed taste . Perfection in the mo- ral * Population has one advantage not commonly thought of , which is , that it banishes ghosts and apparitions . Such ima- ginary beings are never seen but by solitary persons in ...
... objects , is termed taste . Perfection in the mo- ral * Population has one advantage not commonly thought of , which is , that it banishes ghosts and apparitions . Such ima- ginary beings are never seen but by solitary persons in ...
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Adonijah ancient animal love animals anno appears appetite arms arts bards battle beauty Cæsar cause century chastity chief Cicero climate cold commerce common courage daughter Diodorus Siculus enemy England equally Euripides fame feast female sex figure Fingal France Gauls give gold and silver Greece Greek hath heroes Homer honour human hunting husband Iliad industry inhabitants instance invention island Julius Cæsar kind King King of Denmark labour language Lapland less live lord luxury male manners marriage matrimony ment mentioned nations nature Negroes neighbours never Ossian pair passion perfection Plautus plenty polished polygamy present progress purchase quantity race racter refined reign respect Roman Rome savages Saxo Grammaticus says scarce Scotland slaves song soul species strangers sword Tacitus taste Temora temperate thee thou tion tribes ture unto wife wives woman women writers young Zadok the priest
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Página 184 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Página 183 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty...
Página 182 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 183 - And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab; and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.
Página 193 - And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet ; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that 5 the earth rent with the sound of them.
Página 186 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
Página 188 - Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the " matter will fall : for the man will not be in rest, " until he have finished the thing this day.
Página 182 - I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; would ye tarry for them till they were grown ? would ye stay for them from having husbands ? nay, my daughters ; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
Página 181 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Página 167 - Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead.