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... course of our history . But if they are meant as the literal expression of a fact , or for a philosophical generalization , we insist that they are not correct . We know they have been employed by great men , and are sanctioned by long ...
... course of our history . But if they are meant as the literal expression of a fact , or for a philosophical generalization , we insist that they are not correct . We know they have been employed by great men , and are sanctioned by long ...
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... course of succession by turns , to multi- ply the chances of success and reduce those of failure for each member . It is true , the success is not so great when it comes ; but it is sure to come in time . A small certainty is obtained ...
... course of succession by turns , to multi- ply the chances of success and reduce those of failure for each member . It is true , the success is not so great when it comes ; but it is sure to come in time . A small certainty is obtained ...
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... course of action of which they reap the whole advantage - is taking their rightful share in the government , and such an awful appari- tion of sovereign power as cannot fail to frighten their execu- tive servants into propriety . And ...
... course of action of which they reap the whole advantage - is taking their rightful share in the government , and such an awful appari- tion of sovereign power as cannot fail to frighten their execu- tive servants into propriety . And ...
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... course open to talent ' was the motto under which Napoleon called forth his prodigies . The most astonishing results , in the moral elevation of the French armies , followed the opening of the higher grades for the admission of soldiers ...
... course open to talent ' was the motto under which Napoleon called forth his prodigies . The most astonishing results , in the moral elevation of the French armies , followed the opening of the higher grades for the admission of soldiers ...
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... course of nature is a fundamental law of human belief . The contrary is so notoriously the case , that the instances in which belief is thus limited are , even in this skeptical age , less nume- rous than those of congenital ...
... course of nature is a fundamental law of human belief . The contrary is so notoriously the case , that the instances in which belief is thus limited are , even in this skeptical age , less nume- rous than those of congenital ...
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Seite 411 - To you, in David's town, this day Is born of David's line, The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; And this shall be the sign.
Seite 280 - ... riches which your wounds have preserved ? Is this the case ? or is it rather a country that tramples upon your rights, disdains your cries, and insults your distresses ? Have you not more than once suggested your wishes, and made known your wants, to congress — wants and wishes which gratitude and policy should have anticipated rather than evaded ? And have you not lately, in the meek language of entreating...
Seite 338 - I entreat you to consider, that when you choose magistrates, you take them from among yourselves, men subject to like passions as you are. Therefore when you see infirmities in us, you should reflect upon your own, and that would make you bear the more with us, and not be severe censurers of the failings of your magistrates, when you have continual experience of the like infirmities in yourselves and others.
Seite 533 - Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology. Ninth Edition. Woodcuts. 8vo. 18s. - Manual of Elementary Geology ; or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants illustrated by its Geological Monuments.
Seite 21 - With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern.
Seite 368 - No man's life shall be taken away; no man's honor or good name shall be stained ; no man's person shall be arrested, restrained, banished, dismembered, nor any...
Seite 420 - Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.
Seite 23 - The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny front with shells — Retires a space to see how fair she looks, Then proud, runs up to kiss her.
Seite 280 - Tell them that though you were the first, and would wish to be the last, to encounter danger, though despair itself can never drive you into dishonor, it may drive you from the field; that the wound, often irritated and never healed, may at length become incurable; and that the slightest mark of indignity from Congress...
Seite 194 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.