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... various degrees of inclination to the hori- zon which they are now observed to have . Thus , also , the inequalities which make the sea and the dry land would take place , the water occu- pying the lowest place . " be The sentiment of ...
... various degrees of inclination to the hori- zon which they are now observed to have . Thus , also , the inequalities which make the sea and the dry land would take place , the water occu- pying the lowest place . " be The sentiment of ...
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... various instances which she has adduced , from the vast expanse of ancient as well as modern history , are happily selected and luminously exhibited , would be to give the worthy author but a very small part of her just praise . What we ...
... various instances which she has adduced , from the vast expanse of ancient as well as modern history , are happily selected and luminously exhibited , would be to give the worthy author but a very small part of her just praise . What we ...
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... various and momentous duties incumbent on the latter . On these points , we conceive , no sensible stickler for Preroga- tive could accuse Mrs. M. of lessening any right of the crown ; nor could any honest Whig find fault with her , as ...
... various and momentous duties incumbent on the latter . On these points , we conceive , no sensible stickler for Preroga- tive could accuse Mrs. M. of lessening any right of the crown ; nor could any honest Whig find fault with her , as ...
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... various and motley costume . At the governor's office we presented our passports , and the cossac left us . The cossacs have a curious appearance upon their little shabby horses , which have the reputation , however , of being re ...
... various and motley costume . At the governor's office we presented our passports , and the cossac left us . The cossacs have a curious appearance upon their little shabby horses , which have the reputation , however , of being re ...
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... various qualifications of a statesman , who shall successfully direct the affairs of our country , one must be a knowledge of commerce and its relations , which , it might be supposed , could only be acquired by actual experience ; and ...
... various qualifications of a statesman , who shall successfully direct the affairs of our country , one must be a knowledge of commerce and its relations , which , it might be supposed , could only be acquired by actual experience ; and ...
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Page 459 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 196 - In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along: The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot: Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost : Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung.
Page 373 - I must work the work of him that sent me, while it is called to-day ; for the night cometh when no man can work.
Page 199 - That day of wrath, .that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay ? How shall he meet that dreadful day ? When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll ; When louder yet, and yet more dread, Swells the high trump that wakes the dead ! Oh ! on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be THOU the trembling sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away ! HUSH'D is the harp — the Minstrel...
Page 197 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand ' Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
Page 21 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 207 - If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Page 12 - Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
Page 260 - Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities Where most may wonder at the workmanship; It is for homely features to keep home...
Page 230 - But without reference to accidents of the one kind or other, the general rule is, that the neutral has a right to carry on, in time of war, his accustomed trade to the utmost extent of which that accustomed trade is capable. " Very different is the case of a trade which the neutral has never possessed, which he holds by no title of use and habit in times of peace, and which, in fact, can obtain in war by no other title, than by the success of the one belligerent against the other, and at the expense...