 | John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...two armies without their ensigns, I am persuaded he would not know to which of them he is consul. 2. Newton was a Christian; — Newton! whose mind burst forth from the fetters cast by nature on our finite conceptions; — Newton! whose science was truth, and the foundation of whose knowledge... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...nAew-flood of li'ght ! — But/ the subject is too aw'ful for ir"ony. I will speak plai'nly and direc'tly. Newton/ was a Chri'stian ! Ne"wton, whose mind burst...whose science was tru'th, and the foundation of whose knoVledge-of-it/ was philo'sophy ; not those visionary and arrogant presum'ptions/ which too often... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...high tone of voice, and a long pause after it, when it implies any degree of passion.* EXAMPLES. 1. Newton was a Christian ! Newton'.' whose mind burst forth from the fetters cast by nature on our finite conceptions — Newton'! whose science was truth, and the foundation of whose knowledge... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1845 - 558 pages
...new flood of light. — But the subject is too awful for irony. I will speak plainly and directly. Newton was a Christian ! — Newton, whose mind burst forth from the fetters fastened by nature upon our finite conceptions — Newton, whose science was truth, and the foundation... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 554 pages
...new flood of light. — But the subject is too awful for irony. I will speak plainly and directly. Newton was a Christian ! — Newton, whose mind burst forth from the fetters fastened by nature upon our finite conceptions — Newton, whose science was truth, and the foundation... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1846 - 540 pages
...this new flood of light. But the subject is too awful for irony. I will speak plainly and directly. Newton was a Christian! Newton whose mind burst forth...whose science was truth, and the foundation of whose know' edge of it was philosophy. Not those visionary and arrogant assumptions which too often usurp... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1846 - 398 pages
...new flood of light. But the subject is too awful for irony. — I will speak plainly and directly. Newton was a Christian ! Newton, whose mind burst forth from the fetters fastened by Nature upon our finite conceptions — Newton, whose science was truth, and the foundation... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Bible - 1847 - 334 pages
...pronounced by Erskine upon one who was undoubtedly one of the greatest philosophers that ever lived; " Newton, whose mind burst forth from the fetters cast...foundation of whose knowledge of it was philosophy ; who carried the line and rule to the utmost barriers of creation, and explored the principles by... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Bible - 1847 - 334 pages
...pronounced by Erskine upon one who was undoubtedly one of the greatest philosophers that ever lived; " Newton, whose mind burst forth from the fetters cast...upon our finite conceptions; Newton, whose science wan truth, and the foundation of whose knowledge of it was philosophy; who carried the line and rule... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...! we shall be so happy'. What' ! am I braved in my own house' ? Oh, that those lips had language' ! Newton was a Christian. Newton'! whose mind burst forth from the fetters cast by nature on our finite conceptions. O, world' ! 0, life' ! 0, day' ! O, misery" ! COMPACT SENTENCE. A compact... | |
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Christians, I cannot help lamenting that Newton had not lived to this day, to have had his shallowness filled up with this new flood of light. But the subject is too awful for irony. I will speak plainly and directly. Newton was a Christian ! Newton... 
