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... effect of the profession of faith would be somewhat attenuated ; and this is just what Cobbett intended . He meant to throw scorn on both of the rival parties in the State , and on their profession of principles ; and so this great ...
... effect of the profession of faith would be somewhat attenuated ; and this is just what Cobbett intended . He meant to throw scorn on both of the rival parties in the State , and on their profession of principles ; and so this great ...
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... effect to work for it ? We who now talk of these things shall be in our graves long before Liberal statesmen can have entirely mended their ways , and set themselves steadily to bring about the reign of a civilisation pervasive and ...
... effect to work for it ? We who now talk of these things shall be in our graves long before Liberal statesmen can have entirely mended their ways , and set themselves steadily to bring about the reign of a civilisation pervasive and ...
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... effect on the whole great organism — an effect for good or bad , for happiness or for misery . ' ' But may not the practice of prayer , ' said Leigh , ' put the soul in a better condition to make us work for others ? ' ' Prayer , if you ...
... effect on the whole great organism — an effect for good or bad , for happiness or for misery . ' ' But may not the practice of prayer , ' said Leigh , ' put the soul in a better condition to make us work for others ? ' ' Prayer , if you ...
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... effect of it lives yet , and I cannot undo it . Is not that an awful thought ? Does not that teach us the import- ance of our every action ? It is true that the influence of some of us -such as myself , for instance is unusually large ...
... effect of it lives yet , and I cannot undo it . Is not that an awful thought ? Does not that teach us the import- ance of our every action ? It is true that the influence of some of us -such as myself , for instance is unusually large ...
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... effect upon you . Let that effect be not a fruitless regret ; but a fruitful resolve to please him . I know , too , one of the chief causes of the pain you have given . You have become intemperate , and so forth of course we understand ...
... effect upon you . Let that effect be not a fruitless regret ; but a fruitful resolve to please him . I know , too , one of the chief causes of the pain you have given . You have become intemperate , and so forth of course we understand ...
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Page 402 - Must we but blush? Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, "Let one living head, But one arise — we come, we come!
Page 54 - If any member in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may call him to order ; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal the decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Page 563 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 318 - An Examination of the Testimony of Primitive Times respecting the State of the Faithful Dead, and their Relationship to the Living. Crown 8vo. 6s. THE INTERMEDIATE STATE BETWEEN DEATH AND JUDGMENT. Being a Sequel to After Death.
Page 563 - I was with Hercules, and Cadmus, once, When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear With hounds of Sparta ; never did I hear Such gallant chiding ; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry. I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
Page 764 - But thy most dreaded instrument, In working out a pure intent, Is Man — arrayed for mutual slaughter, . Yea, Carnage is thy daughter...
Page 53 - If any member, in speaking, or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order ; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Page 251 - That this House (while fully recognizing the claims of all portions of the British Empire to Imperial aid in their protection against perils arising from the consequences of Imperial policy) is of opinion that Colonies exercising the rights of self-government ought to undertake the main responsibility of providing for their own internal order and security, and ought to assist in their own external defence.
Page 400 - Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein...
Page 907 - And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.