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... remarks on the primitive condition of the human race . That the reader may not , however , be totally uninformed as to his sentiments and reasonings on this subject , we present him with an outline of them in the following quotation ...
... remarks on the primitive condition of the human race . That the reader may not , however , be totally uninformed as to his sentiments and reasonings on this subject , we present him with an outline of them in the following quotation ...
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... remarks . In order that our sentiments on these topics may be the more clearly un- derstood , and that there may be no seeming inconsistency in our future rea- sonings , we think it necessary to premise , that we are far from denying ...
... remarks . In order that our sentiments on these topics may be the more clearly un- derstood , and that there may be no seeming inconsistency in our future rea- sonings , we think it necessary to premise , that we are far from denying ...
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... remarks , the reader will perceive , what amounts to a sufficient comment on this passage . He will there find it conceded , that a variety in climate is capable of producing , to a certain ex- tent , a corresponding variety in the ...
... remarks , the reader will perceive , what amounts to a sufficient comment on this passage . He will there find it conceded , that a variety in climate is capable of producing , to a certain ex- tent , a corresponding variety in the ...
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... remarks made by our author in relation to the white inhabitants of the United States , are , to a certain extent , correct ; but they bear with no force whatever on the question at issue . They have no tendency either to prove or ...
... remarks made by our author in relation to the white inhabitants of the United States , are , to a certain extent , correct ; but they bear with no force whatever on the question at issue . They have no tendency either to prove or ...
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... merely to add a few remarks in illustration of a particu- lar point , which , though unnoticed , as we believe , by preceding writers , is notwithstanding , in our view , important to the subject 30 ON THE VARIETY OF COMPLEXION.
... merely to add a few remarks in illustration of a particu- lar point , which , though unnoticed , as we believe , by preceding writers , is notwithstanding , in our view , important to the subject 30 ON THE VARIETY OF COMPLEXION.
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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.