The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].C. Knight, 1845 |
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... Literature , and Art , in all ages and countries , a body of ex- amples , to show how the most unpropitious circumstances have been unable to conquer an ardent desire for the acquisition of knowledge . Every man has difficulties to ...
... Literature , and Art , in all ages and countries , a body of ex- amples , to show how the most unpropitious circumstances have been unable to conquer an ardent desire for the acquisition of knowledge . Every man has difficulties to ...
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... literature . Fur- nished as society now is , in all its departments , with ac- commodations in aid of intellectual exertion , such as , in some respects , even the highest station and the greatest wealth in former times could not ...
... literature . Fur- nished as society now is , in all its departments , with ac- commodations in aid of intellectual exertion , such as , in some respects , even the highest station and the greatest wealth in former times could not ...
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... literature , that his acquisitions may be in some degree commensurate to his advantages . Finally , for all who love to read of bold and successful adventure , and to follow daring ambition in its career to greatness , it cannot but be ...
... literature , that his acquisitions may be in some degree commensurate to his advantages . Finally , for all who love to read of bold and successful adventure , and to follow daring ambition in its career to greatness , it cannot but be ...
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... literature or art , has had , doubtless , his moments of similar ecstasy . The ancient Greek philosopher PYTHAGORAS is said to have been the first who found out , or at least demonstrated , the great geo- metrical truth , that the ...
... literature or art , has had , doubtless , his moments of similar ecstasy . The ancient Greek philosopher PYTHAGORAS is said to have been the first who found out , or at least demonstrated , the great geo- metrical truth , that the ...
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... literature or science , ever became tired of it ; or would not have gladly devoted his whole life to it , if he could ? There may be other passions to which men will deliver them- selves up , in the first instance , with greater ...
... literature or science , ever became tired of it ; or would not have gladly devoted his whole life to it , if he could ? There may be other passions to which men will deliver them- selves up , in the first instance , with greater ...
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25 ページ - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
38 ページ - Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
39 ページ - This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content though blind, had I no better guide.
116 ページ - The collection of Songs was my vade mecum. I pored over them, driving my cart, or walking to labour, song by song, verse by verse ; carefully noting the true tender, or sublime, from affectation and fustian. I am convinced I owe to this practice much of my critic craft, such as it is.
79 ページ - That what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews of old did for their country, I in my proportion with this over and above of being a Christian, might do for mine...
38 ページ - Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
211 ページ - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
212 ページ - New Experiments Physico-mechanical, touching the spring of the air, and its effects ; (made for the most part in a new pneumatical engine) written .... by the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq* experiment xxxvi.
209 ページ - They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named but men of some character * among us for learning and ingenuity.
10 ページ - Elegy on Aquila Rose, before mentioned, an ingenious young man, of excellent character, much respected in the town, clerk of the Assembly, and a pretty poet.