Thoughts of Blaise PascalAllen, Morrill & Wardwell, 1846 - 384 էջ |
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... perfect accuracy . As they ascend- ed the mountain , the mercury began to fall in the tube , and , on the summit , it was more than three inches lower than it had been at the base . Descending , the column rose again , till they reached ...
... perfect accuracy . As they ascend- ed the mountain , the mercury began to fall in the tube , and , on the summit , it was more than three inches lower than it had been at the base . Descending , the column rose again , till they reached ...
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... perfect ac- complishment , he adduced further proofs still , drawn from his person , his miracles , his doctrine , and the events of his life . " He then came down to the Apostles ; and in order to show the truth of that faith which ...
... perfect ac- complishment , he adduced further proofs still , drawn from his person , his miracles , his doctrine , and the events of his life . " He then came down to the Apostles ; and in order to show the truth of that faith which ...
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... perfect works that ever appeared in the French language ; that in his " Thoughts " there are passages of unrivalled eloquence and depth of reflection , -we shall be ready to believe , that a greater genius never existed in any age or ...
... perfect works that ever appeared in the French language ; that in his " Thoughts " there are passages of unrivalled eloquence and depth of reflection , -we shall be ready to believe , that a greater genius never existed in any age or ...
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... perfect thoughts , and elucidating the obscure ones . But this would not have been the work of Pascal , even if they had been able to enter into his original design . They therefore rejected both these methods , and adopted a third plan ...
... perfect thoughts , and elucidating the obscure ones . But this would not have been the work of Pascal , even if they had been able to enter into his original design . They therefore rejected both these methods , and adopted a third plan ...
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... perfect knowledge of them , and that it is impossible to add anything to them . Thus , if the question is to know who was the first king of France ; where geographers place the first me- ridian ; what words are used in a dead language ...
... perfect knowledge of them , and that it is impossible to add anything to them . Thus , if the question is to know who was the first king of France ; where geographers place the first me- ridian ; what words are used in a dead language ...
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Էջ 238 - Who is wise, and he shall understand these things ? prudent, and he shall know them ? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them : but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Էջ 284 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, " Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ;" thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Էջ 278 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Էջ 323 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Էջ 277 - And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
Էջ 361 - Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared...
Էջ 332 - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing. Let them not feed, nor drink water: but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God. Yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Էջ 298 - Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?
Էջ 278 - Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Էջ 278 - Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.