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... give publicity to some remarks , in opposition to an opinion which is very generally maintained by a class of individuals ; viz . that the study of astronomy is calculated to confirm the infidel in his untenable principles ( untenable ...
... give publicity to some remarks , in opposition to an opinion which is very generally maintained by a class of individuals ; viz . that the study of astronomy is calculated to confirm the infidel in his untenable principles ( untenable ...
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... give more than the worth of a com- modity for its purchase ; but shall the wisdom of the Eternal God be called in question when he gives his only Sou a ransom for a world of immortal souls , one of which is of more value ( proved to be ...
... give more than the worth of a com- modity for its purchase ; but shall the wisdom of the Eternal God be called in question when he gives his only Sou a ransom for a world of immortal souls , one of which is of more value ( proved to be ...
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... give to each his due ? For Beaumont of those many writ but few : And Massinger in other few ; the main Being sweet issues of sweet Fletcher's brain . But how came I , you ask , so much to know ? Fletcher's chief bosom friend informed me ...
... give to each his due ? For Beaumont of those many writ but few : And Massinger in other few ; the main Being sweet issues of sweet Fletcher's brain . But how came I , you ask , so much to know ? Fletcher's chief bosom friend informed me ...
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... give that superiority ; but , then , MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION . No. LIX . LIVERPOOL DOCK DUTIES . if faith and patience continue , Christian virtues will increase ; humility , meek- ness , and liveliness of spirit will be pre- valent ...
... give that superiority ; but , then , MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION . No. LIX . LIVERPOOL DOCK DUTIES . if faith and patience continue , Christian virtues will increase ; humility , meek- ness , and liveliness of spirit will be pre- valent ...
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... give way again , and involve more of them in jeopardy . In this alarming emergency , one of them , of more sagacity than the rest , suggested an expedient , which , for its scientific conception , would have done honour to the boyhood ...
... give way again , and involve more of them in jeopardy . In this alarming emergency , one of them , of more sagacity than the rest , suggested an expedient , which , for its scientific conception , would have done honour to the boyhood ...
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Page 264 - To strew fresh laurels let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.
Page 405 - ... boundless plains, waving with spontaneous verdure ; her broad deep rivers, rolling in solemn silence to the ocean ; her trackless forests, where vegetation puts forth all its magnificence ; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine : — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.
Page 463 - ... of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice, the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 352 - Brutes find out where their talents lie: A bear will not attempt to fly; A founder'd horse will oft debate, Before he tries a five-barr'd gate; A dog by instinct turns aside, Who sees the ditch too deep and wide. But man we find the only creature Who, led by Folly, combats Nature; Who, when she loudly cries, Forbear, With obstinacy fixes there; And, where his genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs.
Page 154 - Go rule thy will, Bid thy wild passions all be still, Know God — and bring thy heart to know, The joys which from religion flow: Then every Grace shall prove its guest, And I'll be there to crown the rest.
Page 154 - The seas that roll unnumber'd waves; The wood that spreads its shady leaves ; The field whose ears conceal the grain, The yellow treasure of the plain ; All of these, and all I see...
Page 327 - When I was a journeyman printer, one of my companions, an apprentice hatter, having served out his time, was about to open shop for himself. His first concern was to have a handsome signboard, with a proper inscription. He composed it in these words, "JOHN THOMPSON, HATTER, makes and sells hats for ready money...
Page 18 - ... forced to begin a minuet pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in and now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing ; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, and as you advance, will keep you still, though against your will, dancing away, alert and gay, till you come to an end of what I...
Page 405 - ... to escape, in short, from the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past.
Page 353 - And here a simile comes pat in : Though chickens take a month to fatten, The guests in less than half an hour Will more than half a score devour. So after toiling twenty days To earn a stock of pence and praise, Thy labours, grown the...