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... nature of all sublunary objects , to wean us from the things of time and sense , and lead us to seek for those higher enjoyments which a due sense of religion affords , and in which permanent happiness alone consists . The afflictions ...
... nature of all sublunary objects , to wean us from the things of time and sense , and lead us to seek for those higher enjoyments which a due sense of religion affords , and in which permanent happiness alone consists . The afflictions ...
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... nature of the duty to our family imposed upon us by our situation in life , and , valuing time as property , make that arrange- ment of it , as should provide sufficiently for the fulfilment of such duty , and leave something to spare ...
... nature of the duty to our family imposed upon us by our situation in life , and , valuing time as property , make that arrange- ment of it , as should provide sufficiently for the fulfilment of such duty , and leave something to spare ...
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... nature , as not to interfere with the peculiarities of any religious sect . Such children as shall have attended the schools and divine worship re- gularly on Sundays , and whose general good conduct shall have rendered them worthy of ...
... nature , as not to interfere with the peculiarities of any religious sect . Such children as shall have attended the schools and divine worship re- gularly on Sundays , and whose general good conduct shall have rendered them worthy of ...
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... nature his study , availing himself of little incidents as they occur , to improve the moral feelings of the pupil ; to en- large his views , and engage his affections on the side of virtue and truth . These are points of the highest ...
... nature his study , availing himself of little incidents as they occur , to improve the moral feelings of the pupil ; to en- large his views , and engage his affections on the side of virtue and truth . These are points of the highest ...
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... nature , and calamitous in its consequences . The most lavish extension of honours , the most un- bounded waste of money , were resorted to ; and even when a popular measure , like the pension bill , was adopted by the govern- ment , it ...
... nature , and calamitous in its consequences . The most lavish extension of honours , the most un- bounded waste of money , were resorted to ; and even when a popular measure , like the pension bill , was adopted by the govern- ment , it ...
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Popular passages
Page 54 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 54 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course, nor yet in the cold ground Where thy pale form was laid with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Page 53 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 55 - The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round all Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 54 - Shalt thou retire alone ; nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth— the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 53 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Page 279 - Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events; that it may become probable by supernatural interference) The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Page 13 - That the laws made by them for the purposes aforesaid shall not be repugnant, but, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England, and shall be transmitted to the King in Council for approbation, as soon as may be after their passing; and if not disapproved within three years after presentation, to remain in force.
Page 53 - At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 55 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings,— yet the dead are there...