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ATHENS , even long after the decline of the Roman empire , still continued the
seat of learning , po liteness , and wisdom . The emperors and generals , who in
these periods of approaching ignorance still felt a passion for science , from time
to ...
ATHENS , even long after the decline of the Roman empire , still continued the
seat of learning , po liteness , and wisdom . The emperors and generals , who in
these periods of approaching ignorance still felt a passion for science , from time
to ...
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All the learning which it was possible for the human mind to contain , being
joined to a most enchanting eloquence , rendered this lady the wonder not only
of the populace , who easily admire , but of philosophers themselves , who are
seldom ...
All the learning which it was possible for the human mind to contain , being
joined to a most enchanting eloquence , rendered this lady the wonder not only
of the populace , who easily admire , but of philosophers themselves , who are
seldom ...
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some poor needy animal , little superior to a footman either in learning , or spirit ,
invited to his place by an y advertisement , and kept there merely from his being
of a complying disposition , and making the children fond of him . “ You give your
...
some poor needy animal , little superior to a footman either in learning , or spirit ,
invited to his place by an y advertisement , and kept there merely from his being
of a complying disposition , and making the children fond of him . “ You give your
...
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Mr . Locke was a philosopher ; his antagonist Stillingfieet , bishop of Worcester ,
was a man of learning , and therefore the contest between them was unequal .
The clearness of Mr Locke ' s head renders his language perspicuous , the ...
Mr . Locke was a philosopher ; his antagonist Stillingfieet , bishop of Worcester ,
was a man of learning , and therefore the contest between them was unequal .
The clearness of Mr Locke ' s head renders his language perspicuous , the ...
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He finds himself in this case at the a mercy of men , who have neither abilities nor
learning til to distinguish his merit . He finds his own composition mixed with the
sordid trash of every daily scribLly bler . There is a sufficient specimen given of ...
He finds himself in this case at the a mercy of men , who have neither abilities nor
learning til to distinguish his merit . He finds his own composition mixed with the
sordid trash of every daily scribLly bler . There is a sufficient specimen given of ...
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Page 70 - ... of its web, and taking no sustenance that I could perceive. At last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave a new net...
Page 71 - ... to another's web for three days, and at length, having killed the defendant, actually took possession. When smaller flies happen to fall into the snare, the spider does not sally out at once, but very patiently waits till it is sure of them; for, upon his immediately approaching, the terror of his appearance might give the captive strength sufficient to get loose : the manner then is to wait patiently till, by ineffectual and impotent struggles, the captive has wasted all its strength, and then...
Page 76 - What a gloom hangs all around ! The dying lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam ; no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All the bustle of human pride is forgotten ; an hour like this may well display the emptiness of human vanity. " There will come a time, when this temporary solitude may be made continual, and the city itself, like its inhabitants, fade away, and leave a desert in its room.
Page 69 - ... of the little animal, I had the good fortune then to prevent its destruction, and I may say it more than paid me by the entertainment it afforded. In three days the web was, with incredible diligence, completed ; nor could I avoid thinking that the insect seemed to exult in its new abode.
Page 70 - Now then, in peaceable possession of what was justly its own, it waited three days with the utmost patience, repairing the breaches of its web, and taking no sustenance that I could perceive. At last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb.
Page 71 - I once put a wasp into the net; but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving what kind of an enemy it had to deal with, it instantly broke all the bands that held it fast, and contributed all that lay in its power to disengage so formidable an antagonist.
Page 42 - ... the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
Page 78 - Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility? or why was not my fortune adapted to its impulse? Tenderness, without a capacity of relieving, only makes the man who feels it more wretched than the object which sues for assistance.
Page 72 - The insect I am now describing lived three years; every year it changed its skin, and got a new set of legs. I have sometimes plucked off a leg, which grew again in two or three days. At first it dreaded my approach to its web, but at last it became so familiar as to take a fly out my hand, and upon my touching any part of the web, would immediately leave its hole, prepared either for a defence or an attack.
Page 76 - To the same. 5HE clock just struck two, the expiring taper rises and sinks in the socket, the watchman forgets the hour in slumber, the laborious and the happy, are at rest, and nothing wakes but meditation, guilt, revelry, and despair. The drunkard once more fills the destroying bowl, the robber walks his midnight round, and the suicide lifts his guilty arm against his own sacred person.
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| Title | Select British Classics, Volume 3 Select British Classics |
| Publisher | J. Conrad, 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 2 Nov 2006 |
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