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Seite 223 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Seite 404 - Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me: with joy I see The different doom our fates assign: Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Seite 43 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
Seite 108 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Seite 620 - They gave us a bucket of water, and we took the captain on board as a pilot. The wind, however, was adverse, and we could not reach the shore, and took to the ship, where we got some refreshment, and shelter from the sun. By this time Sophia was quite exhausted, fainting continually. About two o'clock we landed safe and sound ; and no words of mine can do justice to the expression of feeling, sympathy, and kindness with which we were hailed by every one.
Seite 619 - I had thrown off half my clothes, when a cry of fire, fire! roused us from our calm content, and in five minutes the whole ship was in flames! I ran to examine whence the flames principally issued, and found that the fire had its origin immediately under our cabin. Down with the boats.
Seite 432 - That through a determined and persevering, but, at the same time, judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges...
Seite 249 - It was now that he began that laborious work of amassing out of all the Classic Authors, both in Prose and Verse, a...
Seite 405 - Than aught, divine or holy, else enjoy'd In vision beatific ; by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Ransack'd the centre ; and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures, better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold.
Seite 553 - ... dead person, to be employed or used in any manner of witchcraft, sorcery, charm, or enchantment; 4.
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| Titel | The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature, Band 2 |
| Herausgeber | James Silk Buckingham |
| Verlag | J. M. Richardson, 1824 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 15. Okt. 2007 |
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