The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volym 92A. Constable, 1850 |
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... element , purely ideal in the one , though possibly sub- stantial in the other , answer to equal numerical differences on the scale ; and that the greater or less abundance of this - element , in some way or other , determines the.
... element , purely ideal in the one , though possibly sub- stantial in the other , answer to equal numerical differences on the scale ; and that the greater or less abundance of this - element , in some way or other , determines the.
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Or Critical Journal. element , in some way or other , determines the degree of intensity of the impression in question . -- But the scale of probability plainly admits of a much more precise graduation than that which would merely mark a ...
Or Critical Journal. element , in some way or other , determines the degree of intensity of the impression in question . -- But the scale of probability plainly admits of a much more precise graduation than that which would merely mark a ...
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... elements of Physical science ) , or the decisiveness with which we are justified in pronouncing the existence of a formal * * De Morgan , Encyc . Metropol . , art . Probabilities . cause or determining condition , from the records of a.
... elements of Physical science ) , or the decisiveness with which we are justified in pronouncing the existence of a formal * * De Morgan , Encyc . Metropol . , art . Probabilities . cause or determining condition , from the records of a.
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... elements are many . For example , the number of possible hands ' at whist ( regard being had to the trump ) is 1,270,027,119,200 . The calculus of Probabilities , under the less creditable name of the doctrine of Chances , originated at ...
... elements are many . For example , the number of possible hands ' at whist ( regard being had to the trump ) is 1,270,027,119,200 . The calculus of Probabilities , under the less creditable name of the doctrine of Chances , originated at ...
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... element and engine of civilisation . In its practical working it resolves itself into the establishment of a savings ' bank on a vast scale , adminis- tered with what may be considered a perfect exemption from the consequences of ...
... element and engine of civilisation . In its practical working it resolves itself into the establishment of a savings ' bank on a vast scale , adminis- tered with what may be considered a perfect exemption from the consequences of ...
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Sida 352 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Sida 276 - Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Sida 327 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and in'tense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Sida 90 - Stoop then, and wash. — How many ages hence, Shall this our lofty scene be acted over, In states unborn, and accents yet unknown ? Bru.
Sida 332 - If an academy should be established for the cultivation of our style ; which I, who can never wish to see dependence multiplied, hope the spirit of English liberty will hinder or destroy, let them, instead of compiling grammars and dictionaries, endeavour, with all their influence, to stop the license of translators, whose idleness and ignorance, if it be suffered to proceed, will reduce us to babble a dialect of France.
Sida 347 - This is a misery much to be lamented ; for though they were burning and shining lights in their times, yet they penetrated not into the whole counsel of God, but, were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.
Sida 557 - To the inmost mind, There exercise all his fierce accidents, And on her purest spirits prey, As on entrails, joints, and limbs, With answerable pains, but more intense, Though void of corporal sense.