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Page 145 - Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name; yet our soundest knowledge is, to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him ; and our safest eloquence concerning him, is our silence, when we confess without confession, that his glory is inexplicable, his greatness above our capacity and reach. He is above, and we upon earth; therefore it behoveth our words to be wary...
Page 37 - Her care was, never to offend, And every creature was her friend. As forth she went at early dawn, To taste the dew-besprinkled lawn, Behind she hears the hunter's cries, And from the deep-mouthed thunder flies.
Page 20 - J'ai dévoré force moutons. Que m'avaient-ils fait? Nulle offense; Même il m'est arrivé quelquefois de manger Le berger. Je me dévouerai donc, s'il le faut; mais je pense Qu'il est bon que chacun s'accuse ainsi que moi ; Car on doit souhaiter, selon toute justice, Que le plus coupable périsse.
Page 38 - of tender age, In this important care engage? Older and abler passed you by ; How strong are those, how weak am I ! Should I presume to bear you hence, Those friends of mine may take offence. Excuse me, then. You know my heart. But dearest friends, alas ! must part ! How shall we all lament : Adieu ! For see, the hounds are just in view.
Page 63 - All the diversities of the world were brought together, the blessings of nature were collected, and its evils extracted and excluded.
Page 34 - A Preliminary Treatise on the Relation of the Pleistocene Mammalia to those now living in Europe,
Page 90 - we ought, according to the natural situation of our bodies, to walk upon our hands and feet: and that the wisdom of the ancients had described man to be an animal of four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night; by which they intimated that a cane might very properly become part of us in some period of life.
Page 120 - Esq., from Newbridge, county Dublin, to Moynalty, county Meath, and thence, long afterwards, conveyed to Dublin. The hound broke loose in Dublin, and the same morning made his way back to his old kennel at Newbridge ; thus completing the third side of a triangle by a road he had never travelled in his life.
Page 2 - Humanity," as if the race from which have sprung all the Herods, Neros, Alvas, and Majendies, of ancient and modern times, were quite incapable of cruelty. In one of /Esop's fables, charmingly rendered by La Fontaine, a lion is shown a picture wherein a man stands triumphant over one of the animal's own kind which he has just vanquished. The fourfooted critic in the fable simply remarks : Avec plus de raison nous aurions le dessus Si mes confreres savaient peindre...
Page 175 - For first, suppose the invidious thing, designed in such a manner of expression, were really implied, as it is not in the least in the natural immortality of brutes; namely, that they must arrive at great attainments, and become rational and moral agents; even this would be no difficulty, since we know not what latent powers and capacities they may be endued with.