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... appeared to the Virgin Mary in the fhape of a ferpent , of a dove , of a man , or of a woman ; " " whether he feemed to be young or old ; " " in what drefs he was ; " " whether his garment was white , or of two colours ; " " whether his ...
... appeared to the Virgin Mary in the fhape of a ferpent , of a dove , of a man , or of a woman ; " " whether he feemed to be young or old ; " " in what drefs he was ; " " whether his garment was white , or of two colours ; " " whether his ...
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... appeared in feveral theological and de- votional tracts . One piece of his , entitled , " Mons Perfectionis , " was fo much admired and read , as to pafs through the hands of different printers . Independent- 4y - of his character as a ...
... appeared in feveral theological and de- votional tracts . One piece of his , entitled , " Mons Perfectionis , " was fo much admired and read , as to pafs through the hands of different printers . Independent- 4y - of his character as a ...
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... appeared in print . So popular was her work , that it went through two im- preffions in the space of five years ; and this at the most early period of printing in England , when books were neither common nor of rapid fale . But the ...
... appeared in print . So popular was her work , that it went through two im- preffions in the space of five years ; and this at the most early period of printing in England , when books were neither common nor of rapid fale . But the ...
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... appeared in English , unless we are difpofed to give that appellation to Boethius . Virgil was hitherto generally known only by Caxton's romance on the fubject of the Eneid ; concerning which Douglas afferted , that it no more refembled ...
... appeared in English , unless we are difpofed to give that appellation to Boethius . Virgil was hitherto generally known only by Caxton's romance on the fubject of the Eneid ; concerning which Douglas afferted , that it no more refembled ...
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... appeared Euto- pian , impracticable and vifionary , at the fame time that they were con- ceived to be pregnant with tumult and anarchy : and , if there were any by whom they were regarded in a light lefs obnoxious , fill , as the ...
... appeared Euto- pian , impracticable and vifionary , at the fame time that they were con- ceived to be pregnant with tumult and anarchy : and , if there were any by whom they were regarded in a light lefs obnoxious , fill , as the ...
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Page 202 - tis all a dream; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such...
Page 201 - Require the borrow'd gloss of art ? Speak not of fate : ah ! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom.
Page 60 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 59 - ... that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry; that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right...
Page 204 - E'er left himself behind ? The restless thought and wayward will, And discontent attend him still, Nor quit him while he lives ; At sea, care follows in the wind ; At land, it mounts the pad behind, Or with the post-boy drives.
Page 59 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical ; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher, of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Page 204 - By heaven's eternal doom. To ripen'd age, Clive liv'd renown'd, With lacks enrich'd, with honours crown'd, His valour's well-earn'd meed ; Too long, alas ! he liv'd, to hate His envied lot, and died too late From life's oppression freed.
Page 198 - ... him. The Indians got him under again, but in deeper water ; he was, however, able to get his head up once more, and being almost spent in...
Page 61 - vesting certain sums in Commissioners, at the end of every quarter of a year, to be by them applied to the reduction of the National Debt.
Page 202 - While mufick charms the ravim'd ear, While fparkling cups delight our eyes, Be gay ; and fcorn the frowns of age. What cruel anfwer have I heard ! And yet, by heav'n, I love thee ftill : Can...