The divining-rod has long been in repute among Cornish miners, and Pryce, in his "Mineralogia Cornubiensis," says that many mines have been discovered by this means; but, after giving a minute account of cutting, tying, and using it, he rejects it, because, "Cornwall is so plentifully stored with tin and copper lodes, that some accident every week discovers to us a fresh vein.

Wilson rejects Pope Benedict's peace plea.

Plato therefore rejects the more tragical mode of mythologizing of the ancient poets, who thought proper to establish an arcane theology respecting the gods, and on this account devised wanderings, castrations, battles and lacerations of the gods, and many other such symbols of the truth about divine natures which this theology conceals;this mode he rejects, and asserts that it is in every respect most foreign from erudition.

Plato therefore rejects the more tragical mode of mythologizing of the ancient poets, who thought proper to establish an arcane theology respecting the gods, and on this account devised wanderings, castrations, battles and lacerations of the gods, and many other such symbols of the truth about divine natures which this theology conceals;this mode he rejects, and asserts that it is in every respect most foreign from erudition.

Worse than a dog the villain me respects, His dog he feeds, me in my need rejects.

To her he sues, but she his suit rejects; To him she sues, but he her suit neglects: He sues to be her love; she doth despise: She sues to live a maid, which he denies.

Well is it known, what contrary effects 'Twixt Fortune and dame Virtue hath been wrought: How still I her contemn, she me rejects; I her despise, she setteth me at nought: So, as great wars are grown for sovereignty, And strife as great 'twixt us for victory.

III.Elizabeth Rejects the Rector About this time the Rev. Mr. Collins, heir-presumptive to Longbourn, came on a visit to the Bennets.

I would not run a-tilt against modern science, which may hereafter explain and accept what it now rejects.

King rejects four bills.

But Uddâlaka rejects this latter doctrine as unthinkablewhich, indeed, many explorers of Hegel have found with pain and anguish of mind.

But while accepting, or ready to accept, the basis of Darwin's theory, and all its legitimate direct inferences, he rejects the ultimate conclusions, brings some weighty arguments to bear against them, and is evidently convinced that he can draw a clear line between the sound inferences, which he favors, and the unsound or unwarranted theoretical deductions, which he rejects.

But while accepting, or ready to accept, the basis of Darwin's theory, and all its legitimate direct inferences, he rejects the ultimate conclusions, brings some weighty arguments to bear against them, and is evidently convinced that he can draw a clear line between the sound inferences, which he favors, and the unsound or unwarranted theoretical deductions, which he rejects.

But he rejects this solution as flattering only to ignorance, and has visions of a new ego collecting a fresh nucleus round itself and developing in infinity.

He rejects, however, the autonomy of the will and the spontaneity of thought; and though he criticises the Cartesian separation between the thought of the creator and that of the creature, he as little approves the pantheistic identification of the twohuman cognition participates in the divine, without constituting a part of it.

Fries and Beneke declare that a speculative knowledge of the suprasensible is impossible, and seek to base philosophy on empirical psychology; to the monism (panlogism) of the idealists Herbart opposes a pluralism, to their philosophy of becoming, a philosophy of being; Schopenhauer rejects their optimism, denying rationality to the world and the world-ground.

Fries adopts and popularizes Kant's results, while he rejects Kant's method.

Nor can it be deemed an objection to this hypothesis, that the Turk, who rejects all the refinements of European civilization, excepting only gunpowder, esteems four wives to be necessary to a decent establishment; while the most clear-sighted Englishmen think one more than enough for enjoyment.

"And don't you know they preach in the tabernacle that anybody who rejects polygamy will be damned?" "My father never preached that.

damn all such poor pussyism as sniffles and whines and rejects it!

W. B. Fowle has two cases, but rejects the word case: "We use the simple term agent for a noun that acts, and object for the object of an action.

Offering that which she believes satisfies the spiritual wants of man, she yet rejects all the legitimate objects of spiritual desire.

She gives a new poetic and spiritual meaning to the old faith and worship; and in doing this makes no break with tradition, rejects nothing of the old symbolism.

Quoting the passage in which I said that 'diamonds were to be found in the dust-bin,' he said: 'There is no difficulty in finding good in what humanity rejects.

It knows no limit; it rejects no man who wears the form Christ wore; it receives all into its benediction.