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... hope I have not proved myself a slave to authority , I must confess myself a friend to it . Invention is a divine thing , a gift only bestowed on the chosen few . But to invent and to complete , I am prone to believe was never the ...
... hope I have not proved myself a slave to authority , I must confess myself a friend to it . Invention is a divine thing , a gift only bestowed on the chosen few . But to invent and to complete , I am prone to believe was never the ...
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... hope of the future : these different passions all affect their minds at once ; and these have tendered me down exceedingly . It is usual for the dying to beg forgive- ness of their surviving friends , if they have ever offended them ...
... hope of the future : these different passions all affect their minds at once ; and these have tendered me down exceedingly . It is usual for the dying to beg forgive- ness of their surviving friends , if they have ever offended them ...
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... hope I shall therefore be able to write to you upon it soon after my arrival . At present I can only return my thanks , and say that the parts I have read gave me both pleasure and instruction ; that I am convinced of your posi- tion ...
... hope I shall therefore be able to write to you upon it soon after my arrival . At present I can only return my thanks , and say that the parts I have read gave me both pleasure and instruction ; that I am convinced of your posi- tion ...
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... hope , will be removed in this corner , by the erection of a custom - house , which was done yesterday . " One of the most effectual encouragements of the fishery in the Islands , and I think the easiest and cheapest , that has yet ...
... hope , will be removed in this corner , by the erection of a custom - house , which was done yesterday . " One of the most effectual encouragements of the fishery in the Islands , and I think the easiest and cheapest , that has yet ...
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... hope to have the pleasure of shewing it to your Lordship in great plenty in Duddingston Loch . But the franking act obliges me to stop . I ever am your Lordship's devoted servant , JOHN WALKER . " The fruit of this journey , ( which ...
... hope to have the pleasure of shewing it to your Lordship in great plenty in Duddingston Loch . But the franking act obliges me to stop . I ever am your Lordship's devoted servant , JOHN WALKER . " The fruit of this journey , ( which ...
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Page 225 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.
Page 225 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, creator of heaven and earth?
Page 210 - He therefore that is about children should well study their natures and aptitudes, and see by often trials what turn they easily take, and what becomes them...
Page 115 - I'll make my men break ope his fences, Ride o'er his standing corn, and in the night Set fire on his barns, or break his cattle's legs : These trespasses draw on suits, and suits expenses, Which I can spare, but will soon beggar him.
Page 82 - And yet there remains among that people so much respect, veneration, and affection for Britain, that, if cultivated prudently, with a kind usage and tenderness for their privileges, they might be easily governed still for ages, without force or any considerable expense. But I do not see here a sufficient quantity of the wisdom, that is necessary to produce such a conduct, and I lament the want of it...
Page 119 - But that trade which, without force or constraint, is naturally and regularly carried on between any two places is always advantageous, though not always equally so, to both.
Page 116 - I am now on my main work, with the Lord Lovell ; The gallant-minded, popular Lord Lovell, The minion of the people's love. I hear He's come into the country ; and my aims are To insinuate myself into his knowledge, And then invite him to my house. Mar.
Page 123 - I was a scholar : seven useful springs Did I deflower in quotations Of cross'd opinions 'bout the soul of man ; The more I learnt, the more I learnt to doubt. Delight...
Page 85 - Food is always necessary to all, and much the greatest part of the labor of mankind is employed in raising provisions for the mouth. Is not this kind of labor, then, the fittest to be the standard by which to measure the values of all other labor, and consequently of all other things whose value depends on the labor of making or procuring them?
Page 210 - For in many cases, all that we can do, or should aim at, is, to make the best of what nature has given, to prevent the vices and faults to which such a constitution is most inclined, and give it all the advantages it is capable of. Every one's natural genius should be carried as far as it could ; but to attempt the putting another upon him, will be but labour in vain ; and what is so plastered on, will at best sit but untowardly, and have always hanging to it the ungracefulness of constraint and...