Letters Concerning the English NationC. Davis ... and A. Lyon, 1733 - 253 oldal |
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... Ray up- on the World thro ' the Gloom of the Schools , and the Prejudices of popular Superstition . At laft his Name fpread fo univerfally , that the French were de- firous of bringing him back into his native Country by Rewards , and ...
... Ray up- on the World thro ' the Gloom of the Schools , and the Prejudices of popular Superstition . At laft his Name fpread fo univerfally , that the French were de- firous of bringing him back into his native Country by Rewards , and ...
145. oldal
... Ray of Light with more Dex- terity than the ableft Artift diffects a hu- man Body . This Man is come . Sir Ifaac Newton has demonftrated to the Eye , by the bare Affiftance of the Prifm , that Light is a Compofition of colour'd Rays ...
... Ray of Light with more Dex- terity than the ableft Artift diffects a hu- man Body . This Man is come . Sir Ifaac Newton has demonftrated to the Eye , by the bare Affiftance of the Prifm , that Light is a Compofition of colour'd Rays ...
146. oldal
... Ray of a green Colour , it affumes a green Colour , and fo of all the rest . FROM what Cause therefore do Co- lours arise in Nature ? ' Tis nothing but the Difpofition of Bodies to reflect the Rays of a certain Order , and to abforb all ...
... Ray of a green Colour , it affumes a green Colour , and fo of all the rest . FROM what Cause therefore do Co- lours arise in Nature ? ' Tis nothing but the Difpofition of Bodies to reflect the Rays of a certain Order , and to abforb all ...
147. oldal
... Rays feparated by the Prifm , are rang'd in their Order for no other Reafon but because they are re- fracted in that ... Rays , Rays , this Power of refracting the red lefs than the ENGLISH NATION . 147.
... Rays feparated by the Prifm , are rang'd in their Order for no other Reafon but because they are re- fracted in that ... Rays , Rays , this Power of refracting the red lefs than the ENGLISH NATION . 147.
148. oldal
Voltaire. Rays , this Power of refracting the red lefs than the orange Colour , & c . which he calls the different Refrangibility . The most reflexible Rays are the most refrangible , and from hence he evinces that the fame Power is the ...
Voltaire. Rays , this Power of refracting the red lefs than the orange Colour , & c . which he calls the different Refrangibility . The most reflexible Rays are the most refrangible , and from hence he evinces that the fame Power is the ...
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219. oldal - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But diffring far in figure and in face. Here stood Ill-nature like an ancient maid...
176. oldal - Yet, fooled 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.
188. oldal - The language is everywhere that of men of honour, but their actions are those of knaves — a proof that he was perfectly well acquainted with human nature, and frequented what we call polite company.
172. oldal - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
45. oldal - If one religion only were allowed in England, the Government would very possibly become arbitrary ; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats; but as there are such a multitude, they all live happy and in peace.
219. oldal - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
89. oldal - Islands. Be this as it will, men had sailed round the world, and could destroy cities by an artificial thunder more dreadful than the real one ; but, then, they were not acquainted with the circulation of the blood, the weight of the air, the laws of motion, light, the number of our planets, &c. And a man who maintained a thesis on Aristotle's " Categories, " on the universals a parte rei, or such-like nonsense, was looked upon as a prodigy.
218. oldal - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
22. oldal - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
207. oldal - We must resign! heaven his great soul does claim In storms as loud as his immortal fame; His dying groans, his last breath shakes our isle, And trees uncut fall for his funeral pile: About his palace their broad roots are tost Into the air; so Romulus was lost! New Rome in such a tempest missed her king, And from obeying fell to worshipping.