The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 16James Anderson Mundell and Son, Parliament Stairs, 1793 - Books, Reviews |
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Page 316 - The admiration of these qualities, together with the high distinctions and prerogatives conferred on knighthood in every part of Europe, inspired persons of noble birth, on some occasions, with a species of military fanaticism, and led them to extravagant enterprises. But they deeply imprinted on their minds the principles of generosity and honour.
Page 188 - We need not say that bees know none of these things. They work most geometrically, without any knowledge of geometry ; somewhat like a child, who, by turning the handle of an organ, makes good music, without any knowledge of music.
Page 52 - What's female beauty but an air divine, Through which the mind's all gentle graces shine? They, like the Sun, irradiate all between ; The body charms, because the soul is seen : Hence men are often captives of a face, They know not why, of no peculiar grace. Some forms, though bright, no mortal man can bear, Some none resist, though not exceeding fair.
Page 188 - He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.
Page 109 - These reasons, whatever weight they might have had in a court where love presided, seemed to have little effect on the grave sages of the law ; and the lady, with her lover, not thinking it safe to wait the determination of the court, prudently retired out of the kingdom.
Page 317 - ... but by its effects has proved of great benefit to mankind. The sentiments which chivalry inspired had a wonderful influence on manners and conduct during the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. They were so deeply rooted, that they continued to operate after the vigour and reputation of the institution itself began to decline.
Page 149 - ... when it was likely to prove good or bad ; but, there being no instrument invented to discover, at first sight, this unpleasing disposition in a person, he for that purpose made use of his legs; one of which was remarkably handsome, the other, by some accident, crooked and deformed. If a stranger, at the first interview, regarded his ugly leg more than his handsome one, he doubted him. If he spoke of it, and took no notice of the handsome leg, that was sufficient to determine my philosopher to...
Page 317 - The wild exploits of those romantic knights who sallied forth in quest of adventures, are well known, and have been treated with proper ridicule. The political and permanent effects of the spirit of chivalry have been less observed.
Page 188 - ... geometrically, without any knowledge of geometry ; somewhat like a child, who, by turning the handle of an organ, makes good music, without any knowledge of music. The art is not in the child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner, when a bee makes its comb so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee. but in that great Geometrician who made the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure.
Page 95 - Be substantially great in thyself and more than thou appearest unto others ; and let the world be deceived in thee as they are in the lights of heaven.
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| Title | The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 16 Early British periodicals: General series |
| Editor | James Anderson |
| Publisher | Mundell and Son, Parliament Stairs, 1793 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Jul 2011 |
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