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... duties of hu- manity towards all men without distinction of colour or country , and it is hardly possible that his numerous and inveterate adversaries , and especially his acute antagc- nist , Sepulveda , should not have perceived and ...
... duties of hu- manity towards all men without distinction of colour or country , and it is hardly possible that his numerous and inveterate adversaries , and especially his acute antagc- nist , Sepulveda , should not have perceived and ...
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... duties , that of the magistrate to punish , and of the martyr to suffer . The rest was left to the justice or mercy of heaven . On this single point , the Doctors of Rome , of Geneva , and of Oxford , were of one opinion . The ...
... duties , that of the magistrate to punish , and of the martyr to suffer . The rest was left to the justice or mercy of heaven . On this single point , the Doctors of Rome , of Geneva , and of Oxford , were of one opinion . The ...
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... duties and civil knowledge . Smibert , a silent , modest man , who abhorred the finesse of some of his profes- sion , was enchanted with a plan that , he thought , promised him tranquillity and honest subsistence in a healthful elysian ...
... duties and civil knowledge . Smibert , a silent , modest man , who abhorred the finesse of some of his profes- sion , was enchanted with a plan that , he thought , promised him tranquillity and honest subsistence in a healthful elysian ...
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... duties now , when it has become a service which many consider dangerous . " How eloquent is the heartfelt expression of Louis's gratitude ! n'ai point des termes , mon cher Malesherbes , pour vous ex- primer ma sensibilité pour votre ...
... duties now , when it has become a service which many consider dangerous . " How eloquent is the heartfelt expression of Louis's gratitude ! n'ai point des termes , mon cher Malesherbes , pour vous ex- primer ma sensibilité pour votre ...
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... dangers of the struggle for Independence , and for the duties and privileges of self- government — a race jealous of their own rights and re- spectful to those of other men — a race which 118 EULOGY UPON LORD BALTIMORE .
... dangers of the struggle for Independence , and for the duties and privileges of self- government — a race jealous of their own rights and re- spectful to those of other men — a race which 118 EULOGY UPON LORD BALTIMORE .
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Discourses and Addresses on Subjects of American History, Arts, and Literature Gulian Crommelin Verplanck Visualização integral - 1833 |
Discourses and Addresses on Subjects of American History, Arts, and Literature Gulian Crommelin Verplanck Visualização integral - 1833 |
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Página 34 - LAWS of this government, to the great end of all government, viz: to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power; that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration: for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Página 47 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Página 20 - Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 234 - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again.
Página 42 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Página 248 - And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again,* But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
Página 46 - The Muse, disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme, In distant lands now waits a better time, Producing subjects worthy fame : In happy climes, where, from the genial sun And virgin earth, such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides, and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose, for truth and sense, The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung...
Página 33 - They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Página 78 - Is it nothing to have, in less than half a century, exceedingly improved the sciences of political economy, of law, and of medicine, with all their auxiliary branches ; to have enriched human knowledge by the accumulation of a great mass of useful facts and observations, and to have augmented the power, and the comforts of civilized man, by miracles of mechanical invention ? Is it nothing to have given the world examples of disinterested patriotism, of political wisdom, of public virtue ; of learning,...
Página 98 - Indian scholars and missionaries; where he most exorbitantly proposes a whole hundred pounds a year for himself, forty pounds for a fellow, and ten for a student. His heart will break if his deanery be not taken from him, and left to your Excellency's disposal.