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... feemed to him fcarcely. tune is even at this day , tolerably ballanced the two weak parts , therefore , in the oppofite alliances , ( I fpeak only with regard to the events of the prefent war ) are France and Pruffia . As there fore ...
... feemed to him fcarcely. tune is even at this day , tolerably ballanced the two weak parts , therefore , in the oppofite alliances , ( I fpeak only with regard to the events of the prefent war ) are France and Pruffia . As there fore ...
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Edmund Burke. fiege , in a place which feemed to him fcarcely tenable . He refolved on the latter party . But when he came to review his ability for this undertaking , he could poffibly draw into the field no more than three thousand men ...
Edmund Burke. fiege , in a place which feemed to him fcarcely tenable . He refolved on the latter party . But when he came to review his ability for this undertaking , he could poffibly draw into the field no more than three thousand men ...
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... feemed more honourable and lefs certain by the sword , than by penury and difeafe . 1 France and England vied in their endeavours to augment their forces in Germany . M. Broglio had now the command of the grand army , and the fole ...
... feemed more honourable and lefs certain by the sword , than by penury and difeafe . 1 France and England vied in their endeavours to augment their forces in Germany . M. Broglio had now the command of the grand army , and the fole ...
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... feemed altogether defperate . But The Ruffians had faffered ; but they were fufficiently reinforced . The Swedes who had been generally obliged to give ground in the winter , had in that of 1759 the advantage in several smart fkirmishes ...
... feemed altogether defperate . But The Ruffians had faffered ; but they were fufficiently reinforced . The Swedes who had been generally obliged to give ground in the winter , had in that of 1759 the advantage in several smart fkirmishes ...
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... feemed by no means a cer- tain way to relieve it . The king was yet further diftant ; and any motion of his threatened to fhake and unhinge the whole scheme of his defence ; expofing at once Saxony and Berlin . The lofs of his third ...
... feemed by no means a cer- tain way to relieve it . The king was yet further diftant ; and any motion of his threatened to fhake and unhinge the whole scheme of his defence ; expofing at once Saxony and Berlin . The lofs of his third ...
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Page 59 - LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Page 243 - Morar's renown; why did he not hear of his wound? Weep, thou father of Morar! weep; but thy son heareth thee not.
Page 23 - But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Page 28 - But having had the doctrine of holy scripture unfolding those chaste and high mysteries with timeliest care infused, that ' the body is for the Lord, and ' the Lord for the body;' thus also I argued to myself, that if unchastity in a woman, whom St.
Page 24 - I deplored ; and above them all, preferred the two famous renowners of Beatrice and Laura, who never write but honour of them to whom they devote their verse, displaying sublime and pure thoughts without transgression.
Page 28 - Lord for the body ;" thus also I argued to myself, that if unchastity in a woman, whom St. Paul terms the glory of man, be such a scandal and dishonour, then certainly in a man, who is both the image and glory of God, it must, though commonly not so thought, be much more deflouring and dishonourable...
Page 236 - English, without any periphrasis ; — and too oft without much distinction of either person, time, or place ; — so that when mention was made of a pitiful or an ungenerous proceeding, he never gave himself a moment's time to reflect who was the hero of the piece, what his station, or how far he had power to hurt him hereafter ; but, if it was a dirty action, — without more ado, — The man was a dirty fellow ; and so on.
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Page 58 - My duty towards my neighbour is to love him as myself, and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me ; to love, honour, and succour my father and mother; to honour and obey the king, and all that are put in authority under him...
Page 172 - But the righteous live for evermore ; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High. Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand : for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.