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... words , it is obvious that I am attending to the inclusiveness of my definition . As if I were drawing out a piece of ... word , coming from the Latin bene and volo - to wish well ; to have a good will to any person or object . In this ...
... words , it is obvious that I am attending to the inclusiveness of my definition . As if I were drawing out a piece of ... word , coming from the Latin bene and volo - to wish well ; to have a good will to any person or object . In this ...
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... word placed in that position insensibly gets an enlarged character . It borrows its chief force from its place ; it ... word borrowed from the language of Nootka Sound— the hearer would immediately wish to know what this word means . I ...
... word placed in that position insensibly gets an enlarged character . It borrows its chief force from its place ; it ... word borrowed from the language of Nootka Sound— the hearer would immediately wish to know what this word means . I ...
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... words in what I conceive their most rigorous sense . I believe it is departing from the principles of equality , that our land is now suffering all the evils that open upon us , and will open us , until we learn to make wiser deductions ...
... words in what I conceive their most rigorous sense . I believe it is departing from the principles of equality , that our land is now suffering all the evils that open upon us , and will open us , until we learn to make wiser deductions ...
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... word ought , refers only to what is possible ; for , impossibilium nulla est obligatio , there is no obli- gation which binds to impossibilities ; and in a vast political movement , I take it , an impossibility is , that the instant ...
... word ought , refers only to what is possible ; for , impossibilium nulla est obligatio , there is no obli- gation which binds to impossibilities ; and in a vast political movement , I take it , an impossibility is , that the instant ...
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... words of one of the wisest politi- cians that ever brought the dictates of philosophy to calm the passions of mankind . " I cannot , " says Edmund Burke , " stand forward and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human ...
... words of one of the wisest politi- cians that ever brought the dictates of philosophy to calm the passions of mankind . " I cannot , " says Edmund Burke , " stand forward and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human ...
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beautiful Bible Bird's Nest Bishop Butler Bundleborough called cataract cause character Christian Cicero crime dangerous darkness Demosthenes divine doubt duty Edmund Burke emulation equal evil example existence faith father feel French Revolution genius glory happiness heart heaven Hebrew Hellespont honor Hudibras human nature imagination infidelity influence interest justice king language liberty light ligion look Macbeth mankind marriage ment messen metaphysical mind misanthropy moral mystery never object parties pass passions perhaps philosophy pleasure poet poetry politics principles PURITAN rapture reader reason religion remarks Republicanism scene schools seems sense sentiments Shakspeare side Sir Thomas Brown sleep solitude sometimes soul spirit suppose sure tence thing thou thought thousand tion told true truth virtue Voltaire walk whole wife wisdom wish woman word writers youth
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Página 212 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; They hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; And the servant is free from his master.
Página 53 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Página 233 - Is it true, O Shadrach, and Meshach, and Abed-nego ! do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? " Now if ye be ready, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
Página 246 - To bring a lover, a lady, and a rival, into the fable ; to entangle them in contradictory obligations, perplex them with oppositions of interest, and harass them with violence of desires inconsistent with each other; to make them meet in rapture, and part in agony ; to fill their mouths with hyperbolical joy and outrageous sorrow...
Página 106 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow and Pleasure at the helm : Regardless of the sweeping Whirlwind's sway, That hushed in grim repose expects his evening prey.
Página 54 - We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon.
Página 68 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Página 97 - And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Página 37 - Rocks, dens, and caves ! But I in none of these Find place or refuge ; and the more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel...
Página 34 - But those frequent songs throughout the law and prophets beyond all these, not in their divine argument alone, but in the very critical art of composition, may be easily made appear over all the kinds of lyric poesy to be incomparable.