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... muft ever be in proportion to the welfare of the people ; and that whatever shall retard the profperity of the latter , muft diminish , in a much higher ratio , the income of the former . They fee that good policy and humanity are the ...
... muft ever be in proportion to the welfare of the people ; and that whatever shall retard the profperity of the latter , muft diminish , in a much higher ratio , the income of the former . They fee that good policy and humanity are the ...
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... muft , from the nature of things , too often escape their notice , and tend to retard the profperity of the nation . Such are the following obfervations concerning rock falt : Among the various advantages which Ireland enjoys , from the ...
... muft , from the nature of things , too often escape their notice , and tend to retard the profperity of the nation . Such are the following obfervations concerning rock falt : Among the various advantages which Ireland enjoys , from the ...
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... muft omit , are comprehended under the four follow- ing general heads : viz . 1. Economical arrangements , 2. Improvements in the existing revenue , 3. New and additional taxes , 4. Lucrative financial projects , 6 In all , Per annum ...
... muft omit , are comprehended under the four follow- ing general heads : viz . 1. Economical arrangements , 2. Improvements in the existing revenue , 3. New and additional taxes , 4. Lucrative financial projects , 6 In all , Per annum ...
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... muft neceffarily refer the curious reader to the book itself . If any part of this performance might have been fpared , we think it is the concluding part of this chapter , which confifts of a statement of the revenues and resources of ...
... muft neceffarily refer the curious reader to the book itself . If any part of this performance might have been fpared , we think it is the concluding part of this chapter , which confifts of a statement of the revenues and resources of ...
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... muft mean , if he means any thing to the prefent purpofe , that the doctor was fo partial to our worship , as to difapprove all change and reformation of it . One would fuppofe , if fuch a thing were poffible , that this writer had ...
... muft mean , if he means any thing to the prefent purpofe , that the doctor was fo partial to our worship , as to difapprove all change and reformation of it . One would fuppofe , if fuch a thing were poffible , that this writer had ...
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Page 441 - By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that, by their poisonous weeds and wild incantations, they may regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father's life.
Page 357 - And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?
Page 441 - ... approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Page 440 - By this unprincipled facility of changing the state as often, and as much, and in as many ways as there are floating fancies or fashions, the whole chain and continuity of the commonwealth would be broken. No one generation could link with the other. Men would become little better than the flies of a summer.
Page 39 - ... in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of...
Page 36 - Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
Page 442 - For those purposes they think some part of the wealth of the country is as usefully employed, as it can be in fomenting the luxury of individuals. It is the public ornament. It is the public consolation. It nourishes the public hope. The poorest man finds his own importance and dignity in it...
Page 325 - I have, to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall! Little did I dream when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom; little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men...
Page 125 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Page 477 - Christ ; and see that you never cease your labour, your care and diligence, until you have done all that lieth in you, according to your bounden duty, to bring all such as are or shall be committed to your charge, unto that agreement in the faith and knowledge of God, and to that ripeness and perfectness of age in Christ, that there be no place left among you, either for error in religion, or for viciousness in life.