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... ment at Cuba is very important , on three accounts ; 1. The produce of the country , which is considerable . 2. As being the staple of a great trade ; and , 3. As being the key to the West Indies . The cultivation of sugar is carried on ...
... ment at Cuba is very important , on three accounts ; 1. The produce of the country , which is considerable . 2. As being the staple of a great trade ; and , 3. As being the key to the West Indies . The cultivation of sugar is carried on ...
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... ment in the Tower ; and he is generally supposed to have advised those violent measures which ended in their mutual destruction . The earl indeed confessed as much before his execution , and charged him to his face with being the author ...
... ment in the Tower ; and he is generally supposed to have advised those violent measures which ended in their mutual destruction . The earl indeed confessed as much before his execution , and charged him to his face with being the author ...
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... ment , while in the mean time the cannon kept play- ing upon them with cartridge - shot . General Hawley , with some Highlanders , had opened a passage through some stone walls to the right for the horse which ad- vanced on that side ...
... ment , while in the mean time the cannon kept play- ing upon them with cartridge - shot . General Hawley , with some Highlanders , had opened a passage through some stone walls to the right for the horse which ad- vanced on that side ...
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... ment was in the cities of the Medes , subdued by Sal- maneser and the kings of Assyria his predecessors . The Scripture observes , that the Cuthites , upon their ar- rival in this new country , continued to worship the gods formerly ...
... ment was in the cities of the Medes , subdued by Sal- maneser and the kings of Assyria his predecessors . The Scripture observes , that the Cuthites , upon their ar- rival in this new country , continued to worship the gods formerly ...
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... ment there for several persons of distinction , he jump- He re- ed upon a very rich couch in all his dirt , saying , Cynic " I trample on the pride of Plato . " " Yes ( replied # Plato ) , but with great pride , Diogenes . " He had the ...
... ment there for several persons of distinction , he jump- He re- ed upon a very rich couch in all his dirt , saying , Cynic " I trample on the pride of Plato . " " Yes ( replied # Plato ) , but with great pride , Diogenes . " He had the ...
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Page 350 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 24 - If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work; But, when they seldom come, they wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.
Page 27 - How use doth breed a habit in a man ! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, I better brook than flourishing peopled towns : Here can I sit alone, unseen of any, And to the nightingale's complaining notes Tune my distresses, and record my woes.
Page 52 - No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. 19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. 20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
Page 258 - The discreet man finds out the talents of those he converses with, and knows how to apply them to proper uses. Accordingly, if we look into particular communities and divisions of men, we may observe that it is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to the society.
Page 350 - Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night. But let us who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Page 27 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us, Whiles it was ours...
Page 362 - Dryden sent a challenge to the lord Jefferies, who refusing to answer it, he sent several others, and went often himself; but could neither get a letter delivered, nor admittance to speak to him: which so...
Page 150 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.
Page 187 - From all Society, from Love and Hate, Of worldly Folk ; then should he sleep secure. Then wake again, and yield God ever praise, Content with hips and haws and bramble-berry, In Contemplation passing out his days, And change of Holy Thoughts to make him merry; And when he dies his tomb may be a bush, Where harmless Robin dwells with gentle Thrush. Your Majesty's Exiled Servant, ROBERT ESSEX.