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... sufficient testimony . How the conversion of the former was effected , we know not ; that of the latter , we believe , was caused by the instrumentality of a lady . If a sensible , accomplished , and well educated man be capable of ...
... sufficient testimony . How the conversion of the former was effected , we know not ; that of the latter , we believe , was caused by the instrumentality of a lady . If a sensible , accomplished , and well educated man be capable of ...
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... sufficient for one man , the letter should have been sent to the unsuccessful candidate . " * See M. Rev. Vol . v . p . 116 . Mr. Mr. Cambridge was very active in the pursuit of literary 18 The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge , Esq .
... sufficient for one man , the letter should have been sent to the unsuccessful candidate . " * See M. Rev. Vol . v . p . 116 . Mr. Mr. Cambridge was very active in the pursuit of literary 18 The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge , Esq .
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... sufficient or justifiable cause , aided the people of one island not in their defence but in an attack against another , ) the victors , as is customary among other savage nations , in cool blood beat out the brains of the prisoners ...
... sufficient or justifiable cause , aided the people of one island not in their defence but in an attack against another , ) the victors , as is customary among other savage nations , in cool blood beat out the brains of the prisoners ...
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... sufficient ; at least for the purpose of turning the early attention of youth to those serious concerns . The nature and duties of charity are considered in the next letter , and in a manner which exhibits the sentiments of the writer ...
... sufficient ; at least for the purpose of turning the early attention of youth to those serious concerns . The nature and duties of charity are considered in the next letter , and in a manner which exhibits the sentiments of the writer ...
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... sufficient , my head and heart revolt against them ; -instead of adding to that knowledge which was early in life forced upon them , they scem trying to forget it all . Instead of becoming rational and respect- able men , they seem ...
... sufficient , my head and heart revolt against them ; -instead of adding to that knowledge which was early in life forced upon them , they scem trying to forget it all . Instead of becoming rational and respect- able men , they seem ...
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Página 247 - ... forced to begin a minuet pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in and now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe, or string, or any such thing ; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, and, as you advance, will keep you still...
Página 250 - As in Dodona once thy kindred trees Oracular, I would not curious ask The future, best unknown, but at thy mouth Inquisitive, the less ambiguous past. By thee I might correct, erroneous oft, The clock of history, facts and events Timing more punctual, unrecorded facts Recovering, and misstated setting right...
Página 242 - If I trifle, and merely trifle, it is because I am reduced to it by necessity - a melancholy, that nothing else so effectually disperses, engages me sometimes in the arduous task of being merry by force. And, strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood, and, but for that saddest mood, perhaps had never been written at all.
Página 250 - Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp.
Página 335 - His Catholic Majesty .promises and engages on his part, to cede to the French Republic, six months after the full and entire execution of the conditions and stipulations herein relative to His Royal Highness the Duke of Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Página 247 - ... play, of the modern day ; and though she assume a borrowed plume, and now and then wear a tittering air, 'tis only her plan, to catch, if she can, the giddy and gay, as they go that way, by a production N2 on a new construction. She has baited her trap, in hopes to snap all that may come, with a sugar-plum.
Página 56 - The gather'd wisdom of a thousand years/'— if you will allow me to parody a line of Pope. I do not see why the study of the law is called dry and unpleasant; and I very much suspect that it seems so to those only, who would think any study unpleasant, which required a great application of the mind, and exertion of the memory.
Página 177 - ... errors for truths, prejudices for principles; and when that is once done (no matter how vainly and weakly), the adhering perhaps to false and dangerous notions, only because one has declared for them, and submitting, for life, the understanding and conscience to a yoke of base and servile prejudices, vainly taken up and obstinately retained.
Página 384 - He is indeed a careless writer for the most part ; but where shall we find in any of those authors who finish their works with the exactness of a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring strokes of fancy, those numbers so hazardously ventured upon and so happily finished, the matter so compressed and yet so clear, and the colouring so sparingly laid on, and yet witli such a beautiful effect...
Página 52 - ... in the cause which was trying is killed, and I am afraid some others: there were many wounded and bruised. It was the most frightful scene I ever beheld. I was just beginning to sum up the evidence, in the Cause which was trying, to the jury, and intending to go immediately after I had finished: most of the counsel were...