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... object that by this quotation we in- tend to promote intoxication as a When the Persians under Xerxes mean of happiness . It is a general invaded Greece , their haughty gen - objection to German literature , that eral sent these words ...
... object that by this quotation we in- tend to promote intoxication as a When the Persians under Xerxes mean of happiness . It is a general invaded Greece , their haughty gen - objection to German literature , that eral sent these words ...
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... object of belief , so long and and universally admitted is proved to be a mere apologue and fable ! The answer is , that christianity ought to be better founded , than , for its credibility to depend on the ex- istence or non ...
... object of belief , so long and and universally admitted is proved to be a mere apologue and fable ! The answer is , that christianity ought to be better founded , than , for its credibility to depend on the ex- istence or non ...
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... objects of his sincere aversion . He was extravagantly fond of history and although other heroes of antiquity had his cordial approbation , yet Brutus , was his hero . His sentiments of him were conveyed by his " Brutus in Ely- sium ...
... objects of his sincere aversion . He was extravagantly fond of history and although other heroes of antiquity had his cordial approbation , yet Brutus , was his hero . His sentiments of him were conveyed by his " Brutus in Ely- sium ...
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... object , it should sometimes ra- ther consume than cherish whatever was found within the reach of its the sun have specks , that they may be ordered to be printed ? Of these manuscripts , six are of Epicu- rus , entitled On Nature ...
... object , it should sometimes ra- ther consume than cherish whatever was found within the reach of its the sun have specks , that they may be ordered to be printed ? Of these manuscripts , six are of Epicu- rus , entitled On Nature ...
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... object of his investiga stated , that four hundred and thirty tion ; and that his opponents , find- ships ( no matter of what size ) were ing themselves unable completely to employed by the Grecians in the controvert him , have been ...
... object of his investiga stated , that four hundred and thirty tion ; and that his opponents , find- ships ( no matter of what size ) were ing themselves unable completely to employed by the Grecians in the controvert him , have been ...
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Page 276 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 276 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath...
Page 276 - I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip.
Page 177 - Christian religion, which might be drawn from the prophecies of the Old Testament, from the necessary connection it has with the whole system of the Jewish religion, from the miracles of Christ, and from the evidence given of his resurrection by all the other apostles, he thought the conversion of St Paul alone, duly considered, was of itself a demonstration sufficient to prove Christianity to be a divine revelation.
Page 30 - Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law ; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office.
Page 224 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Page 237 - ... if wise men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.
Page 235 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
Page 200 - Be yet patient! I have but a few words more to say. I am going to my cold and silent grave : my lamp of life is nearly extinguished : my race is run : the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom!
Page 210 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?