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... known and understood at present , as it will be when the world is five thou sand years older and as much pains are taken to impress the ardent spirits of youth with the belief of those hazards , as can well be taken by the monitors who ...
... known and understood at present , as it will be when the world is five thou sand years older and as much pains are taken to impress the ardent spirits of youth with the belief of those hazards , as can well be taken by the monitors who ...
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... known , the less there remains to be discovered ; and the more time a man is obliged to spend in ascertaining what his predecessors have already established , the less he will have to bestow in adding to its amount . The time , however ...
... known , the less there remains to be discovered ; and the more time a man is obliged to spend in ascertaining what his predecessors have already established , the less he will have to bestow in adding to its amount . The time , however ...
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... known in Europe , seems to have had two distinct sources . Among the fierce and illiterate nations of the North , nothing had any chance of being listened to , that did not relate 38 Feb. Mad . de Staël - Sur la Literature .
... known in Europe , seems to have had two distinct sources . Among the fierce and illiterate nations of the North , nothing had any chance of being listened to , that did not relate 38 Feb. Mad . de Staël - Sur la Literature .
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... known to the readers and writers of the North for about forty years from the present day , and has not been held in especial reverence with those who have most dis- stinguished themselves in that short period . However , we shall ...
... known to the readers and writers of the North for about forty years from the present day , and has not been held in especial reverence with those who have most dis- stinguished themselves in that short period . However , we shall ...
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... known , that almost any account of it must prove interesting . The work before us adds to these general sources of interest , that of being the production of a man particularly conversant with natural history , who travelled at ...
... known , that almost any account of it must prove interesting . The work before us adds to these general sources of interest , that of being the production of a man particularly conversant with natural history , who travelled at ...
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Página 277 - The sting she nourished for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Página 429 - It was not their custom to use hostile weapons against their fellow-creatures, for which reason they had come unarmed. Their object was not to do injury, and thus provoke the Great Spirit, but to do good. They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Página 428 - ... you would have the people live; and then you have right and boldness to punish the transgressor. Keep upon the square, for God sees you; therefore do your duty; and be sure you see with your own eyes, and hear with your own ears. Entertain no lurchers; cherish no informers for gain or revenge; use no tricks, fly to no devices to support or cover injustice, but let your hearts be upright before the Lord, trusting in Him above the contrivances of men, and none shall be able to hurt or supplant.
Página 277 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fix'd yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek...
Página 324 - The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman Catholics, is a sort of despot who yields obedience in whatever concerns the poor to no law but that of his own will.
Página 426 - Some things are upon my spirit to leave with you in your respective capacities, as I am to one a husband, and to the rest a father, if I should never see you more in this world.
Página 426 - For their learning be liberal. Spare no cost; for by such parsimony all is lost that is saved...
Página 425 - But I am not such a man ; as is well known in my own country. I have great love and regard towards you ; and desire to win and gain your love and friendship, by a kind, just and peaceable life...
Página 427 - I choose not they should be married to earthly covetous kindred ; and of cities and towns of concourse beware : the world is apt to stick close to those who have lived and got wealth there : a country life and estate I like best for my children, I prefer a decent mansion, of an hundred pounds per annum, before ten thousand pounds in London, or such like place, in a way of trade.
Página 424 - THERE is a great God and power that hath made the world and all things therein, to whom you and I and all people owe their being and well-being ; and to whom you and I must one day give an account for all that we do in the world. This great God hath written his law in...