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... received a benefit ; he perhaps , would cheerfully give his neighbour a dollar if he found him in dis- tress ; but to be to thus outwitted , tricked , cheated of his money , excites other sensations than those of benevolence . Neither ...
... received a benefit ; he perhaps , would cheerfully give his neighbour a dollar if he found him in dis- tress ; but to be to thus outwitted , tricked , cheated of his money , excites other sensations than those of benevolence . Neither ...
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... sus- picions ; there were certainly evident traces of a fugitive . The Count , however , could find no one . He returned to his wife ; repeated his questions , and receiving the same answer , led her THE POLYANTHOS . 17.
... sus- picions ; there were certainly evident traces of a fugitive . The Count , however , could find no one . He returned to his wife ; repeated his questions , and receiving the same answer , led her THE POLYANTHOS . 17.
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questions , and receiving the same answer , led her angrily to the house ; and conducting her up to her chamber said ... received it . If it was any rash intruder , I will pardon you , upon condition of your avowal . Madam , farewel ...
questions , and receiving the same answer , led her angrily to the house ; and conducting her up to her chamber said ... received it . If it was any rash intruder , I will pardon you , upon condition of your avowal . Madam , farewel ...
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... received with noisy approbation . OBITUARY OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS . THE REV . J. S. BUCKMINSTER . ON Tuesday afternoon , June 9 , died at his house in Court street , Boston , the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster , pastor of the ...
... received with noisy approbation . OBITUARY OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS . THE REV . J. S. BUCKMINSTER . ON Tuesday afternoon , June 9 , died at his house in Court street , Boston , the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster , pastor of the ...
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... received by C. Williams , Boston . It is edited by John Redman Coxe , M. D. and will undoubtedly be a valuable assistant to the arts and sciences of our country . & Stuart Pince . JR.Smith Sculp THE POLYANTHOS , FOR 72 THE POLYANTHOS .
... received by C. Williams , Boston . It is edited by John Redman Coxe , M. D. and will undoubtedly be a valuable assistant to the arts and sciences of our country . & Stuart Pince . JR.Smith Sculp THE POLYANTHOS , FOR 72 THE POLYANTHOS .
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Page 82 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 58 - Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.
Page 127 - Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But why did you kick me down stairs...
Page 189 - It is for the interest of humanity in general, that the occasions of war, and the inducements to it, should be diminished. If rapine is abolished, one of the encouragements to war is taken away, and peace therefore more likely to continue and be lasting. The practice of robbing merchants on the high seas, a remnant of the ancient piracy, though it may be accidentally beneficial to particular persons, is far from being profitable to all engaged in it, or to the nation that authorizes it.
Page 275 - There is not one who has not hung Enraptured, on the Voice of Praise. The timid child, at that soft voice Lifts for a moment's space the eye ; It bids the fluttering heart rejoice, And stays the step prepared to fly...
Page 105 - St. Peter, whose church this is, in spite of all holy saints, and in spite of our holy father the Pope (God's vicar here on earth), and of the reverend and worshipful the canons, masters, priests, Jesuits, and clerks of our holy church, committed the heinous crimes...
Page 106 - In the Year of our Lord CHRIST, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty one And in the First Year of Our Reign.
Page 84 - When the beloved disciple was, in spirit, admitted into the celestial choir, he not only heard them " singing " hymns of praise, but he heard likewise " the voice of harpers harping upon their harps : " Rev. xiv. 2. And why that, which saints are represented as doing in heaven, should not be done, according to their skill and ability, by saints upon earth ; or why instrumental music should be abolished as a legal ceremony, and vocal music, which was as much so, should be retained, no good reason...
Page 116 - As those we love decay, we die in part, String after string is sever'd from the heart ; Till loosen'd life at last — but breathing clay, Without one pang, is glad to fall away. Unhappy he who latest feels the blow, Whose eyes have wept o'er every friend laid low, Dragg'd lingering on from partial death to death, Till dying, all he can resign is breath.
Page 212 - And speak but when she's spoken to : But not like echo still be heard, Contending for the final word.