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... received , I was brought into personal and intimate commu- nion with the very best portion of the community , whether tested by the standards of learning , morality , manners , in- fluence , or wealth ; and nothing could exceed the ...
... received , I was brought into personal and intimate commu- nion with the very best portion of the community , whether tested by the standards of learning , morality , manners , in- fluence , or wealth ; and nothing could exceed the ...
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... received imperfect im- pressions , and in others have formed erroneous conclusions , would be to suppose a freedom from the ordinary frailty and fallibility of mortals . To such an exemption I hope I should be the last to make any claim ...
... received imperfect im- pressions , and in others have formed erroneous conclusions , would be to suppose a freedom from the ordinary frailty and fallibility of mortals . To such an exemption I hope I should be the last to make any claim ...
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... receiving on board a pilot , we made all sail with a fine breeze for the entrance of the harbour by Sandy Hook , which we reached early in the afternoon . From thence we proceeded up through the Narrows to- wards the city , and anchored ...
... receiving on board a pilot , we made all sail with a fine breeze for the entrance of the harbour by Sandy Hook , which we reached early in the afternoon . From thence we proceeded up through the Narrows to- wards the city , and anchored ...
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... received that subsequent revision which time and re - examination can alone secure . Before entering on this , however , I may offer the follow- ing short notice of my own labours , as those which were most instrumental in bringing me ...
... received that subsequent revision which time and re - examination can alone secure . Before entering on this , however , I may offer the follow- ing short notice of my own labours , as those which were most instrumental in bringing me ...
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... received . The meet- ing was closed , as it was opened , by sacred music , and the effect was altogether most impressive as well as agreeable . The third public meeting that I attended was to advocate and promote the cause of National ...
... received . The meet- ing was closed , as it was opened , by sacred music , and the effect was altogether most impressive as well as agreeable . The third public meeting that I attended was to advocate and promote the cause of National ...
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Seite iv - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Seite 510 - ... that all the instructors and teachers in the college shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars, the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may, from inclination and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow-creatures, and a love of truth, sobriety, and industry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured reason may enable them to prefer.
Seite 322 - And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province, named before thou wert born, what love, what care, what service, and what travail, has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee!
Seite 318 - LAWS of this government, to the great end of all government, viz: to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power; that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration: for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Seite 68 - Who can, with patience, for a moment see The medley mass of pride and misery, Of whips and charters, manacles and rights, Of slaving blacks and democratic whites, And all the pyebald polity that reigns In...
Seite 93 - But this is not all; they agree in rites; they reckon by moons; they offer their first fruits; they have a kind of feast of tabernacles; they are said to lay their altar upon twelve stones; their mourning a year; customs of women, with many other things that do not now occur.
Seite 413 - And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Seite 357 - ... debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him ; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many hands, before it meets with a knave that will stop its progress.
Seite 508 - I, STEPHEN GIRARD, of the City of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Mariner and Merchant, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in manner following: that is to say— I. I give and bequeath unto " The Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital...
Seite 80 - ... in the heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.