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... justly be asserted , that the most effectual method to promote the welfare of nations , is to diffuse the knowledge of all that our Lord formed and taught ; and that those rulers are peculiarly entitled to the filial attachment of their ...
... justly be asserted , that the most effectual method to promote the welfare of nations , is to diffuse the knowledge of all that our Lord formed and taught ; and that those rulers are peculiarly entitled to the filial attachment of their ...
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... justly observed , that there is not a son or daughter of Adam but has some con- cern with geography . These considerations render it a subject of regret , that the British nation , notwithstanding its unparalelled navigation and ...
... justly observed , that there is not a son or daughter of Adam but has some con- cern with geography . These considerations render it a subject of regret , that the British nation , notwithstanding its unparalelled navigation and ...
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... our information is defective . Those trea tises which are justly esteemed most satisfactory , still leave much undetermined ; and very often , without any impeachment of of the sagacity of their authors , conjecture occupies the ( 44 )
... our information is defective . Those trea tises which are justly esteemed most satisfactory , still leave much undetermined ; and very often , without any impeachment of of the sagacity of their authors , conjecture occupies the ( 44 )
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... justly or not , let the serious and impartial judge ) was not always limited by the restraints of ordinary prudence ; nor , we fear , was it always guided by the better dictates of rational moderation and christian meekness . His sense ...
... justly or not , let the serious and impartial judge ) was not always limited by the restraints of ordinary prudence ; nor , we fear , was it always guided by the better dictates of rational moderation and christian meekness . His sense ...
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... justly im- puted to the loss of its woods ; for of all the windward islands it is now the most naked and unadorned . When speaking of St. John's , the capital , Mr. M'Kinnen observes , that " part of the Sunday's congregation , which is ...
... justly im- puted to the loss of its woods ; for of all the windward islands it is now the most naked and unadorned . When speaking of St. John's , the capital , Mr. M'Kinnen observes , that " part of the Sunday's congregation , which is ...
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Seite 186 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Seite 432 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Seite 124 - Half a dozen of them, when met to work with their needles, used, when they got a book they liked, and thought I should, to borrow me to read to them ; their mothers sometimes with them ; and both mothers and daughters used to be pleased with the observations they put me upon making.
Seite 432 - Mr. President, — Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust. However, as the Congress desire it, I will enter upon the momentous duty, and exert every power I possess in their service, and for the support of the glorious cause. I beg they will accept my most cordial thanks for this distinguished testimony of their approbation.
Seite 75 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is. in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Seite 275 - My religious and moral principles are strongly opposed to the practice of duelling, and it would ever give me pain to be obliged to shed the blood of a fellow-creature in a private combat forbidden by the laws.
Seite 181 - I told you fingers would not do ;' and producing two pieces of lead from his waistcoat pocket, ' One of these,' said he, " I placed on the lowest key of the organ, and the other upon the octave above : thus, by accommodating the harmony, I produced the effect of four hands instead of two.
Seite 351 - On the morning of that day, his attendants, alarmed at the evident symptoms of approaching dissolution, came precipitately to call the friend who has now the melancholy task of recording the mournful event : not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on...
Seite 429 - Dinwiddie, giving an account of the action, he says, " they were struck with such an inconceivable panic, that nothing but confusion and disobedience of orders prevailed among them. The officers in general behaved with incomparable bravery, for which they greatly suffered, there being upwards of sixty killed and wounded, a large proportion out of what we had.
Seite 29 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.