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... regard to the internal administration , commerce , and statistics of the captain - generalship of Cara- cas ; and Mr. Semple's interesting " Sketch of the State of Caracas " contains a faithful and interesting description of the capital ...
... regard to the internal administration , commerce , and statistics of the captain - generalship of Cara- cas ; and Mr. Semple's interesting " Sketch of the State of Caracas " contains a faithful and interesting description of the capital ...
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... regard these spots , ' says the Author of " Letters from Colombia , " with a respect almost amounting to awe . ' He travelled at a very favourable period , and suffered no other inconvenience than fatigue and chapped lips ; but the ...
... regard these spots , ' says the Author of " Letters from Colombia , " with a respect almost amounting to awe . ' He travelled at a very favourable period , and suffered no other inconvenience than fatigue and chapped lips ; but the ...
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... regards their pre- sent encomiast , that , in plain words , they will thank Dr. Jones but little for his laudation . The ... regard to the consequences of certain religious meetings , which will be considered as alike false and indecent ...
... regards their pre- sent encomiast , that , in plain words , they will thank Dr. Jones but little for his laudation . The ... regard to the consequences of certain religious meetings , which will be considered as alike false and indecent ...
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... regard to those great sources of human mise- ⚫ry , epidemic and endemic disorders . ' " The author whose words we have just been using , has been most laudably engaged in computing the comparative healthi- ness of the present with ...
... regard to those great sources of human mise- ⚫ry , epidemic and endemic disorders . ' " The author whose words we have just been using , has been most laudably engaged in computing the comparative healthi- ness of the present with ...
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... regards as bile , the natural ink which this animal is well known to excrete when pursued by an enemy ; and by which curious contrivance it renders the surrounding water turbid , and thus conceals itself and effects its escape . Cuvier ...
... regards as bile , the natural ink which this animal is well known to excrete when pursued by an enemy ; and by which curious contrivance it renders the surrounding water turbid , and thus conceals itself and effects its escape . Cuvier ...
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Page 174 - I forty stripes save one, thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfuluess, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness ; besides...
Page 553 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 346 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 116 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, "With his martial cloak around him.
Page 116 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Page 311 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise : and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses : and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Page 118 - twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; ' And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! If thou wouldst stay e'en as thou art, All cold and all serene- I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been...
Page 117 - And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain ! But when I speak— thou dost not say, What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! III.
Page 161 - For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work : I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 5 O LORD, how great are thy works ! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Page 8 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.