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... Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America , at the Court of France , written by himself , to a late period , and continued to the time of his death , by W. Temple Franklin 417 - 421 of Mowhee , a young New Zealander ...
... Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America , at the Court of France , written by himself , to a late period , and continued to the time of his death , by W. Temple Franklin 417 - 421 of Mowhee , a young New Zealander ...
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... ministry ; indeed it appears to have been the very pinnacle of his ambition to have beheld his dearly beloved David a teacher , or as he was pleased to express it , a Saint among this class of Sectaries . He was accordingly educated ...
... ministry ; indeed it appears to have been the very pinnacle of his ambition to have beheld his dearly beloved David a teacher , or as he was pleased to express it , a Saint among this class of Sectaries . He was accordingly educated ...
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... minister , at Frome , in Somersetshire . Although he had then scarcely attained the age of manhood , yet he ap- pears to have actually become a popular preacher . As a con- vincing proof of this , it is only necessary to state , that at ...
... minister , at Frome , in Somersetshire . Although he had then scarcely attained the age of manhood , yet he ap- pears to have actually become a popular preacher . As a con- vincing proof of this , it is only necessary to state , that at ...
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... Ministers , a petition for relief in respect to subscription to the thirty - nine articles , was immediately agreed upon . On this occasion , the assistance of Mr. Williams is said to have been invoked . Certain it is , that he penned ...
... Ministers , a petition for relief in respect to subscription to the thirty - nine articles , was immediately agreed upon . On this occasion , the assistance of Mr. Williams is said to have been invoked . Certain it is , that he penned ...
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... minister first at the court of Berlin , and after- wards at that of St. Petersburgh : " M. le Chevalier Williams , " Je viens de recevoir à la suite de votre lettre du 20 du mois de Mai dernier , l'ouvrage , que des sentiments de ...
... minister first at the court of Berlin , and after- wards at that of St. Petersburgh : " M. le Chevalier Williams , " Je viens de recevoir à la suite de votre lettre du 20 du mois de Mai dernier , l'ouvrage , que des sentiments de ...
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Seite 327 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 172 - tis nought to me: Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.
Seite 323 - 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 91 - The nobility of the Spencers has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough ; but I exhort them to consider the Fairy Queen* as the most precious jewel of their coronet.
Seite 327 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.
Seite 123 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; — no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ; — no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down ; — no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of Slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the God sink together in the dust...
Seite 124 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
Seite 123 - ... justice over bigotry and oppression, should have a stigma cast upon it by an ignominious sentence upon men bold and honest enough to propose that measure ; to propose the redeeming of religion from the abuses of the church — the reclaiming of three millions of men from bondage, and giving liberty to all who had a right to demand it — giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, giving
Seite 285 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Seite 123 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon...