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... common essence and necessarily coincide with each other : and like the drops of rain , which fall separately into the river , mix themselves at once with the stream and strengthen the general current . " B. M. August 1 , 1837 . TABLE OF ...
... common essence and necessarily coincide with each other : and like the drops of rain , which fall separately into the river , mix themselves at once with the stream and strengthen the general current . " B. M. August 1 , 1837 . TABLE OF ...
Page vii
... common things , 122 Laughter from depression of superiority , 125 From expected intelligence , 127 In public assemblies , 128 House of Commons , 129 Courts of justice , 129 Churches , 130 Mock conceited importance , 133 Laughter from ...
... common things , 122 Laughter from depression of superiority , 125 From expected intelligence , 127 In public assemblies , 128 House of Commons , 129 Courts of justice , 129 Churches , 130 Mock conceited importance , 133 Laughter from ...
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... common parlance , natural . When sounds are heard from the moun- tain , the grove , or the stream , while around the hearer no blast is stirring ; when a voice of many thunders cries aloud and fire is seen in the clouds which the very ...
... common parlance , natural . When sounds are heard from the moun- tain , the grove , or the stream , while around the hearer no blast is stirring ; when a voice of many thunders cries aloud and fire is seen in the clouds which the very ...
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... the haven ; and , therefore , I think that Tenterden Steeple is the cause of the destroying and decay of Sandwich Harbour . " : This is a very common error of ignorance , and , by an attentive observer , may every moment be seen 18.
... the haven ; and , therefore , I think that Tenterden Steeple is the cause of the destroying and decay of Sandwich Harbour . " : This is a very common error of ignorance , and , by an attentive observer , may every moment be seen 18.
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... common ardour or contention op- posing another , yet in despight hereof I dare with- out usurpation assume the honourable style of a christian : not that I merely owe this title to the font , my education , or clime wherein I was born ...
... common ardour or contention op- posing another , yet in despight hereof I dare with- out usurpation assume the honourable style of a christian : not that I merely owe this title to the font , my education , or clime wherein I was born ...
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Page 8 - 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.
Page 78 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 108 - ... from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! Yesterday a most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev.
Page 191 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Page 255 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Page 217 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Page 19 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on...
Page 264 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the Court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Page 48 - Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people...
Page 246 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.