Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author |
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It is an observation which has often been repeated , that , when we come to read
an excellent author a second and a third time , we find in him a multitude of things
, that we did not in the slightest degree perceive in a first reading . A careful first ...
It is an observation which has often been repeated , that , when we come to read
an excellent author a second and a third time , we find in him a multitude of things
, that we did not in the slightest degree perceive in a first reading . A careful first ...
第 188 頁
We make what strikes us as a profound observation ; and , when fairly analysed ,
it turns out to be about as sagacious , as if we ... than the imporant and
emphatical air with which the herd of mankind enunciate the most trifling '
observations .
We make what strikes us as a profound observation ; and , when fairly analysed ,
it turns out to be about as sagacious , as if we ... than the imporant and
emphatical air with which the herd of mankind enunciate the most trifling '
observations .
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Pray , what was that man's name , -for I write in such a hurry , I have no time to
recollect or look for it , —who first made the observation , " That there was great
inconstancy in our air and climate ? ' Whoever he was , it was a just and good ...
Pray , what was that man's name , -for I write in such a hurry , I have no time to
recollect or look for it , —who first made the observation , " That there was great
inconstancy in our air and climate ? ' Whoever he was , it was a just and good ...
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... the celebrated Halley suggested another method , in the year 1716 , by an
observation to be taken at the time of the ... it being so much nearer to us , by
observing its parallax , or the difference of its place in the heavens , as seen from
the ...
... the celebrated Halley suggested another method , in the year 1716 , by an
observation to be taken at the time of the ... it being so much nearer to us , by
observing its parallax , or the difference of its place in the heavens , as seen from
the ...
第 408 頁
It is in the nature of the mind , that we conclude from the observation that we have
verified , to the accuracy of another , bearing a striking analogy to the former , that
we have not verified . But analogy has its limits . Is it of irresistible certainty , or ...
It is in the nature of the mind , that we conclude from the observation that we have
verified , to the accuracy of another , bearing a striking analogy to the former , that
we have not verified . But analogy has its limits . Is it of irresistible certainty , or ...
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