The Life of Joseph Priestly: LL.D., F.R.S., &c., with Critical Observations on His WorksWilks, Grafton, & Company, 1804 - 112 pages |
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... England , on the 14th of July , 1791 , without the smallest interruption ; but in Birmingham the commemoration of that event was attended with the most calamitous consequences . A few copies of a seditious handbill which had been left ...
... England , on the 14th of July , 1791 , without the smallest interruption ; but in Birmingham the commemoration of that event was attended with the most calamitous consequences . A few copies of a seditious handbill which had been left ...
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... sustained a loss of £ 200 . it was immediately made up by the liberality of his friends , and a short time before the news of his death reached Europe , a particular friend wrote to him from England , to draw upon him 42.
... sustained a loss of £ 200 . it was immediately made up by the liberality of his friends , and a short time before the news of his death reached Europe , a particular friend wrote to him from England , to draw upon him 42.
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... England , to draw upon him for £ 400 . per annum , which he might rely up- on for the remainder of his life . His son treated him with filial reverence and affection , and his amiable daughter - in - law continued her kind at- tentions ...
... England , to draw upon him for £ 400 . per annum , which he might rely up- on for the remainder of his life . His son treated him with filial reverence and affection , and his amiable daughter - in - law continued her kind at- tentions ...
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... England . Every apartment and all the furniture evinced the cleanliness and good management of the owner , and she made the bed and window cur- tains herself . These facts may appear trivial to some readers , but they characterize the ...
... England . Every apartment and all the furniture evinced the cleanliness and good management of the owner , and she made the bed and window cur- tains herself . These facts may appear trivial to some readers , but they characterize the ...
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... England , they chose to retain the power of nominating , of which they had long been in possession . This power , I took much pains to persuade the dissenters to relinquish , and I gradually brought over to my opinion some of the ...
... England , they chose to retain the power of nominating , of which they had long been in possession . This power , I took much pains to persuade the dissenters to relinquish , and I gradually brought over to my opinion some of the ...
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Page 87 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth ; yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Page 70 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 91 - And through the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course : him for the studious shade Kind nature form'd, deep, comprehensive, clear, Exact, and elegant ; in one rich soul, Plato, the Stagyrite, and Tully join'd.
Page 93 - The man resolved and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries ; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Page 62 - I have gratified that curiosity by breathing it, drawing it through a glass syphon, and by this means I reduced a large jar full of it to the standard of common air. The feeling of it to my lungs was not sensibly different from that of common air, but I fancied that my breast felt peculiarly light and easy for some time afterwards. Who can tell but that, in time, this pure air may become a fashionable article in luxury ? Hitherto, only two mice and myself have had the privilege of breathing it.
Page 61 - From the greater strength and vivacity of the flame of a candle, in this pure air, it may be conjectured that it might be peculiarly salutary to the lungs in certain morbid cases...
Page 42 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
Page 40 - And you, little thing,' speaking to Eliza, ' remember the hymn you learned ; " Birds in their little nests agree," &c. I am going to sleep as well as you : for death is only a good, long, sound sleep in the grave, and we shall meet again.
Page 61 - ... it might not be so proper for us in the usual healthy state of the body : for, as a candle burns out much faster in dephlogisticated than in common air, so we might, as may be said, live out too fast, and the animal powers be too soon exhausted in this pure kind of air. A moralist, at least, may say that the air which Nature has provided for us is as good as we deserve.
Page 39 - We shall all meet finally: we only require different degrees of discipline, suited to our different tempers, to prepare us for final happiness.