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... give it reluctantly , declares the opinion to be far different from what he once entertained , and which is one addi- tional proof of the slow but sure tribute which ultimately all will pay to him , who , without offending any one , may ...
... give it reluctantly , declares the opinion to be far different from what he once entertained , and which is one addi- tional proof of the slow but sure tribute which ultimately all will pay to him , who , without offending any one , may ...
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... give some extracts from the General Preface we have noticed , wherein a slight account is given of this work , we shall here say no more about it , than to remark , that even in this first production we can trace those peculiar powers ...
... give some extracts from the General Preface we have noticed , wherein a slight account is given of this work , we shall here say no more about it , than to remark , that even in this first production we can trace those peculiar powers ...
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... give an elevation to her mind that might render her equal to her sub- ject , she invariably read some chapters , either in the book of Job or in Isaiah , and that she could always write better after doing so . It is , indeed , evident ...
... give an elevation to her mind that might render her equal to her sub- ject , she invariably read some chapters , either in the book of Job or in Isaiah , and that she could always write better after doing so . It is , indeed , evident ...
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... give way before the man of action . Sièyes for ten years previously had been seeking for a plan of government suitable to France ; and after contemplating the constitutions of different states throughout all ages , from Crete and Sparta ...
... give way before the man of action . Sièyes for ten years previously had been seeking for a plan of government suitable to France ; and after contemplating the constitutions of different states throughout all ages , from Crete and Sparta ...
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... give the truest version of the events it describes which has yet been given to the world , we have a right to expect to find things called by their proper names . In the passage of the St. Bernard , the only serious difficulty to be ...
... give the truest version of the events it describes which has yet been given to the world , we have a right to expect to find things called by their proper names . In the passage of the St. Bernard , the only serious difficulty to be ...
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Page 106 - Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with years? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers, And that cannot stop their tears. The young lambs are bleating in the meadows, The young birds are chirping in the nest, The young fawns are playing with the shadows, The young flowers are blowing toward the west But the young, young children, O my brothers, They are weeping bitterly ! They are weeping in the playtime of the others, In the country of the free.
Page 414 - The resources created by peace are means of war. In cherishing those resources, we but accumulate those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which...
Page 3 - Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws.
Page 153 - Under the name of aids, the lord claimed stipulated sums from his tenants on the occasion of the knighting of his eldest son, the marriage of his eldest daughter, or his own capture in war.
Page 300 - The Miscellaneous Works of Thomas Arnold, DD Late Head Master of Rugby School and Regius Professor of Modern History in the Univ. of Oxford.
Page 352 - I should propose a regulation to be made, declaring that no child born from any marriage taking place after the expiration of a year from the date of the law, and no illegitimate child born two years from the same date, should ever be entitled to parish assistance.
Page 443 - Where there hath been a very godly Order set forth by the Authority of Parliament, for Common Prayer and Administration of Sacraments to be used in the Mother Tongue within the Church of England, agreeable to the Word of God and the Primitive Church, very comfortable to all good People desiring to live in Christian Conversation, and most profitable to the Estate of this Realm...
Page 319 - Above all, it was necessary for a right understanding, not only of his religious opinions, but of his whole character, to enter into the peculiar feeling of love and adoration which he entertained towards our Lord Jesus Christ, — peculiar in the distinctness and intensity which, as it characterized almost all his common impressions, so in this case gave additional strength and meaning to those feelings with which he regarded not only His work of Redemption but Himself, as a living Friend and Master....
Page 480 - As when about the silver moon, when air is free from wind, And stars shine clear, to whose sweet beams, high prospects, and the brows Of all steep hills and pinnacles, thrust up themselves for shows. And even the lowly valleys joy to glitter in their sight, When the unmeasured firmament bursts...