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... mind that often I may have arrived independently at results which others have published beforehand unknown to myself ; and also in many cases my notes have been written before I became aware of what has been said or written by others in ...
... mind that often I may have arrived independently at results which others have published beforehand unknown to myself ; and also in many cases my notes have been written before I became aware of what has been said or written by others in ...
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... mind was , so to speak , so brimful of the varied learning thus acquired , that there is scarcely a page of his writings which does not exhibit its influence , and which consequently is not more fully and adequately appreciated when ...
... mind was , so to speak , so brimful of the varied learning thus acquired , that there is scarcely a page of his writings which does not exhibit its influence , and which consequently is not more fully and adequately appreciated when ...
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... mind as consciously , or even unconsciously perhaps sometimes , to modify the form of his language . Such at any rate are the scope and the limits of the enquiry which I have proposed to myself . One advantage may perhaps be anticipated ...
... mind as consciously , or even unconsciously perhaps sometimes , to modify the form of his language . Such at any rate are the scope and the limits of the enquiry which I have proposed to myself . One advantage may perhaps be anticipated ...
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... mind being , as it were , saturated or ingrained with the thoughts of his favourite 1 Jourdain ( Traductions d'Aristote , p . 21 ) mentions the existence of such a collection of extracts or dicta from the physical and metaphysical works ...
... mind being , as it were , saturated or ingrained with the thoughts of his favourite 1 Jourdain ( Traductions d'Aristote , p . 21 ) mentions the existence of such a collection of extracts or dicta from the physical and metaphysical works ...
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... minds will recur at once to the ' counsel of perfection ' in Matt . xix . 21 , viz . Sell all thou hast and give to the poor . ' So again , when in Conv . I. i . and Par . ii . 11 Dante speaks of ' angels ' food , ' ' il pan degli ...
... minds will recur at once to the ' counsel of perfection ' in Matt . xix . 21 , viz . Sell all thou hast and give to the poor . ' So again , when in Conv . I. i . and Par . ii . 11 Dante speaks of ' angels ' food , ' ' il pan degli ...
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Page 304 - SI che mi tinse 1' una e 1' altra guancia, E poi la medicina mi riporse. Così od' io che soleva la lancia D' Achille, e del suo padre, esser cagione Prima di trista e poi di buona mancia.
Page 72 - Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 65 - My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
Page 268 - Would he were fatter! but I fear him not: Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music...
Page 159 - Dice che l'alma alla sua stella riede, credendo quella quindi esser decisa quando natura per forma la diede; e forse sua sentenza è d'altra guisa che la voce non suona, ed esser puote con intenzion da non esser derisa.
Page 111 - Quell' esser parte, per diverse essenze Da lui distinte e da lui contenute. Gli altri giron per varie differenze Le distinzion, che dentro da se hanno, Dispongono a lor fini e lor semenze. Questi organi del mondo così vanno, Come tu vedi omai di grado in grado, Che di su prendono, e di sotto fanno. Riguarda bene a me sì com' io vado Per questo loco al ver, che tu disiri, Sì che poi sappi sol tener lo guado. Lo moto e la virtù de' santi giri, Come dal fabbro 1' arte del martello , Da' beati motor...
Page 212 - Nell' ora che comincia i tristi lai La rondinella , presso alla mattina , Forse a memoria de' suoi primi guai ; E che la mente nostra , pellegrina Più dalla carne e men da...
Page 130 - Non scese mai con sì veloce moto foco di spessa nube, quando piove da quel confine che più va remoto, com...
Page 178 - Ergo insperata deprensum luce repente inclusumque cavo saxo atque insueta rudentem desuper Alcides telis premit, omniaque arma advocat et ramis vastisque molaribus instat. 250 Ille autem, neque enim fuga iam super ulla pericli, faucibus ingentem fumum (mirabile dictu) evomit involvitque domum caligine caeca, prospectum eripiens oculis, glomeratque sub antro fumiferam noctem commixtis igne tenebris.
Page 68 - Quod factum est in ipso vita erat", et Deus maxime se ipsum velit, sequitur quod ius a Deo, prout in eo est, sit volitum. Et cum voluntas et volitum in Deo sit idem, sequitur ulterius quod divina voluntas sit ipsum ius.