The Rise of Modern Prose StyleM.I.T. Press, 1968 - 372 pagina's |
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Pagina 169
... notions whether logical or physi- cal . Substance , Quality , Action , Passion , Essence itself , are not sound notions : much less are Heavy , Light , Dense , Rare , Moist , Dry , Generation , Corruption , Attraction , Repulsion ...
... notions whether logical or physi- cal . Substance , Quality , Action , Passion , Essence itself , are not sound notions : much less are Heavy , Light , Dense , Rare , Moist , Dry , Generation , Corruption , Attraction , Repulsion ...
Pagina 231
... notions of things , and to express in general propositions certain and undoubted truths which the mind may rest upon and be satisfied with in its search after true knowledge . These two uses are very distinct ; and a great deal less ...
... notions of things , and to express in general propositions certain and undoubted truths which the mind may rest upon and be satisfied with in its search after true knowledge . These two uses are very distinct ; and a great deal less ...
Pagina 287
... notions of religion in my head , or had entertain'd any sense of any thing that had befallen me , otherwise than as a chance , or , as we lightly say , what pleases God ; without so much as enquiring into the end of Providence in these ...
... notions of religion in my head , or had entertain'd any sense of any thing that had befallen me , otherwise than as a chance , or , as we lightly say , what pleases God ; without so much as enquiring into the end of Providence in these ...
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