metaphyfical

About the beginning of the feventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphyfical poets; of

The Lives of the English Poets: and a criticism on their works 1795

Indeed in a period fo immediately fuccccding that of the in - comparable Bacon, it would be aftonifhing if fcveral works and parts of works of a metaphyfical nature had not made their ap - pearance: but they were, in general, debafcd by jargon and cant, and very few of them cntide their authors to the venera - tion and regard of pofterity.

The New Annual Register, Or, General Repository of History, Politics, and ... 1796

The Poet's Complaint of bit Mufe, written with the metrical licence and metaphyfical obfcurity of the Pindaric Ode.

The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical 1795

We, aye we fhall produce for you fpon fuch a metaphyfical poem as will furprife you.

Reflection: A Poem, in Four Cantos ... 1790

But this argument being no more than a quibble on metaphyfical terms, to which no preciic ideas are affixed, neither defcrves, nor is ca - pable of an anfwer.

The Works of Soame Jenyns ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published. To which are ... 1790

This deadly fuperftition was inflamed; on either fide, by the principle and the pradice of retaliation: in the purfuit of a metaphyfical quarrel, many thoufands (70) were flain, and the Chriftians of every degree were deprived of the fubftantial enjoyments of focial life, and of the invifible gifts of baptifm and the holy communion.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1788

A metaphyfical religion may appear % too refined for the capacity of the negro race t yet a black or a parrot might be taught to repeat the - vpords of the Chalcedonian or Monophyfite creed. '

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1788

He does not, however, follow all the reveries of Van Hehnont 9 but walks much more foberly in this metaphyfical wild.

The Monthly Review 1780

Thefe are two metaphyfical productions differently pre - fented: the Converfatiou with a clearnefs which, makes it univerfally understood; tjie Elements with a depth which prevents its being generally read.

Interesting Letters of Pope Clement XIV (Ganganelli): To which are Prefixed, Anecdotes of His Life 1777

I have this hope,, however, of prefervation about me, that I fhall not dive into myfteries, nor yet venture among the quickfands of metaphyfical abftracftions.

Thoughts on the Letter of Edmund Burke, esq., to the sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America 1777