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attainments and the solicitations of those friends who knew his worth , he could
not obtain a single pupil ! such was the effect of prejudice , and such the dread
that he would inculcate impious sentiments , that the common reply was , “ What ...
attainments and the solicitations of those friends who knew his worth , he could
not obtain a single pupil ! such was the effect of prejudice , and such the dread
that he would inculcate impious sentiments , that the common reply was , “ What ...
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... but a common love of literature at length brought us intimately acquainted ; and
at last when his troubles came upon him , I was , perhaps , the only person who
had his entire confidence , and whom he considered as his most sincere friend .
... but a common love of literature at length brought us intimately acquainted ; and
at last when his troubles came upon him , I was , perhaps , the only person who
had his entire confidence , and whom he considered as his most sincere friend .
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The chamber where the good man meets his fate , ' Is privileg'd beyond the
common walk Of virtuous life , quite in the verge of heav'n . A death bed's a
detector of the heart ; Here real and apparent are the same ; You see the man ,
you see his ...
The chamber where the good man meets his fate , ' Is privileg'd beyond the
common walk Of virtuous life , quite in the verge of heav'n . A death bed's a
detector of the heart ; Here real and apparent are the same ; You see the man ,
you see his ...
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His common dress was a black coat without a cape , a fine linen or cambric stock
, a cocked hat , a powdered wig , * shoes and buckles . The whole of his dress
was remarkably clean , and this purity of person , and simple dignity of manners ...
His common dress was a black coat without a cape , a fine linen or cambric stock
, a cocked hat , a powdered wig , * shoes and buckles . The whole of his dress
was remarkably clean , and this purity of person , and simple dignity of manners ...
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In the course of his numerous experiments , made with air infected by animal
respiration , he discovered that it was restored to its common purity by vegetation
. From which he makes the following just conclusion : “ Since the plants that I
made ...
In the course of his numerous experiments , made with air infected by animal
respiration , he discovered that it was restored to its common purity by vegetation
. From which he makes the following just conclusion : “ Since the plants that I
made ...
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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.
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| Title | The Life of Joseph Priestly: LL.D., F.R.S., &c., with Critical Observations on His Works |
| Author | John Corry |
| Publisher | Wilks, Grafton, & Company, 1804 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 112 pages |
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