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... mind is amply enriched with general knowledge , —much more so we are told , than is generally the case with young men engag- ed in public and active employments . History is his favourite branch of study , and in that his attainments ...
... mind is amply enriched with general knowledge , —much more so we are told , than is generally the case with young men engag- ed in public and active employments . History is his favourite branch of study , and in that his attainments ...
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... mind strong , ready and well cul- tivated — all of which concentrate in the subject of this notice →→ can fail to make a great naval commander . As a private gentleman and a friend , captain Warrington pos- sesses qualities peculiarly ...
... mind strong , ready and well cul- tivated — all of which concentrate in the subject of this notice →→ can fail to make a great naval commander . As a private gentleman and a friend , captain Warrington pos- sesses qualities peculiarly ...
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... mind a single text either in the works of Moses , or in any other portion of divine revelation , which the principles of correct logic would justify us in bringing forward to prove , that nations were primitively civilized and ...
... mind a single text either in the works of Moses , or in any other portion of divine revelation , which the principles of correct logic would justify us in bringing forward to prove , that nations were primitively civilized and ...
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... mind -- in fine , whatever contributes to pleasing and saluti- foreus impressions . Such precisely is the combination of circumstances in the midst of which , the domestic slaves pass away 28 ON THE VARIETY OF COMPLEXION.
... mind -- in fine , whatever contributes to pleasing and saluti- foreus impressions . Such precisely is the combination of circumstances in the midst of which , the domestic slaves pass away 28 ON THE VARIETY OF COMPLEXION.
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... mind . On the contrary , it will necessarily entail a strik- ing and permanent degeneracy of both . But , says our learned author , the Negroes of western Africa were once a people of a fair complexion , and have contracted their ...
... mind . On the contrary , it will necessarily entail a strik- ing and permanent degeneracy of both . But , says our learned author , the Negroes of western Africa were once a people of a fair complexion , and have contracted their ...
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Page 310 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because, whatsoever I do else, but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me.
Page 502 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 276 - Sun-burnt his cheek, his forehead high and pale The sable curls in wild profusion veil; And oft perforce his rising lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals Though smooth his voice, and calm his general mien Still seems there something he would not have seen His features...
Page 37 - O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home! These are our realms, no limits to their sway Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey. Ours the wild life in tumult still to range From toil to rest, and joy in every change.
Page 309 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 37 - Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense — the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way...
Page 276 - Whose name appals the fiercest of his crew, And tints each swarthy cheek with sallower hue; Still sways their souls with that commanding art That dazzles, leads, yet chills the vulgar heart. What is that spell, that thus his lawless train Confess and envy, yet oppose in vain? What should it be, that thus their faith can bind? The power of Thought - the magic of the Mind!
Page 310 - I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened...
Page 137 - Cairo, the 1 5th of November, 1788, the day before he was to set out for the head of the Nile; on which day, however, he ended his career and life: and thus failed the first attempt to explore the western part of our northern continent.
Page 502 - And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.