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... appointed hour . At this early period there was the same firm- ness of principle and rectitude of conduct , which marked his character in the more advanced stages of life . " ( 2. ) It is said of Bacon , Lord Chancellor of England ...
... appointed hour . At this early period there was the same firm- ness of principle and rectitude of conduct , which marked his character in the more advanced stages of life . " ( 2. ) It is said of Bacon , Lord Chancellor of England ...
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... appointed Attorney - General of the State of New Hampshire . Very much confined to his profession , he never sought office or political elevation . Yet he was at length persuaded to accept the post of a Sen- ator of the United States ...
... appointed Attorney - General of the State of New Hampshire . Very much confined to his profession , he never sought office or political elevation . Yet he was at length persuaded to accept the post of a Sen- ator of the United States ...
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... appointed Chief Justice . Subsequently , he was chosen Goyernor of the State of New York , and late in life , President of the American Bible Society . It may seem that Mr. Jay might , with more propriety , be called a statesman than a ...
... appointed Chief Justice . Subsequently , he was chosen Goyernor of the State of New York , and late in life , President of the American Bible Society . It may seem that Mr. Jay might , with more propriety , be called a statesman than a ...
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... appointed first lieutenant in a company of minutemen , enrolled for actual service . Lieutenant Marshall was engaged in the battle of the Great Bridge , where the British troops , under Lord ( 7. ) " The body ought to be the soul's best ...
... appointed first lieutenant in a company of minutemen , enrolled for actual service . Lieutenant Marshall was engaged in the battle of the Great Bridge , where the British troops , under Lord ( 7. ) " The body ought to be the soul's best ...
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... appointment of Envoy to Amsterdam , in conjunction with General Pinckney and Mr. Gerry . Upon him principally devolved the duty of preparing the official dispatches . " They are models of skillful reasoning , forcible illustration ...
... appointment of Envoy to Amsterdam , in conjunction with General Pinckney and Mr. Gerry . Upon him principally devolved the duty of preparing the official dispatches . " They are models of skillful reasoning , forcible illustration ...
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Page 165 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Page 25 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Page 170 - I have been negligent of the duties of this day, the rest of the week has been unsuccessful and unhappy to my own secular employments; so that I could easily make an estimate of my successes in my own secular employments the week following, by the manner of my passing this day; and this I do not write lightly or inconsiderately, but upon a long and sound observation and experience.
Page 25 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge...
Page 168 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 163 - Here grows the Cure of all, this Fruit Divine, Fair to the Eye, inviting to the Taste, Of virtue to make wise: what hinders then To reach, and feed at once both Body and Mind...
Page 135 - There will be none such any more, till in some better age, true ambition or the love of fame prevails over avarice ; and till men find leisure and encouragement to prepare themselves for the exercise of this profession, by climbing up to the vantage ground...
Page 109 - For we are not sent into this world to do any thing into which we cannot put our hearts. We have certain work to do for our bread, and that is to be done strenuously ; other work to do for our delight, and that is to be done heartily : neither is to be done by halves or shifts, but with a will ; and what is not worth this effort is not to be done at all.
Page 16 - The characteristics of Mr. Mason's mind, as I think, were real greatness, strength, and sagacity. He was great through strong sense and sound judgment, great by comprehensive views of things, great by high and elevated purposes. Perhaps sometimes he was too cautious and refined, and his distinctions became too minute ; but his discrimination arose from a force of intellect, and quick-seeing, far-reaching sagacity, everywhere discerning his object and pursuing it steadily.
Page 26 - Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to...