 He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for every new idea brings such a pleasure along with...  The Spectator - Page 711778Full view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 pages
...Addison's unreasonable partiality to the particle that, in preference to tvhich. Annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us. Here, the first that stands for a relative pronoun, and the next that, at the distance only of four... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 478 pages
...nor to be comprehended by the largest capacity of a created being. He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, . that he might encourage us in the pursuit j after knowledge, and engage us to search г into the wonders of his creation; for every-r"... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1838 - 372 pages
...Addison's unreasonable partiality to the particle that, in preference to which. Annexed a secret pleasure to the idea, of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us. Here, the first that is a relative pronoun, and the next that is a conjunction. This confusion of sounds... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 814 pages
...at the confines of body, as if space were there at an end. > Loche. He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that be might' encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1845 - 638 pages
...inaccurate he may sometimes be when coolly He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea rf anything that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit of knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of creation ; for every new idea brings... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1849 - 484 pages
...by the largest capacity of a created being. He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of anything that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for every new idea... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pages
...perfect and imperfect. 1. The perfect has all its parts complete : eg He has annexed a secret pleasure to any thing that is new or .uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of creation ; for every new idea... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 548 pages
...nor to be comprehended by the largest capacity of a created being. He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation; for every new idea... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 pages
...nor to be comprehended by the largest capacity of a created being. He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for every new idea... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 698 pages
...nor to be comprehended by the largest capacity of a created being. He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage' us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for ever}' new... | |
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