The SavageT.S. Manning, 1810 - 312 Seiten |
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... knowledge there is much grief . " Should we not rather endeavor to multiply these happy delusions than to clear them away ? If light discover nothing but " sights of wo , " had we not better remain in darkness ? My sick brother is ...
... knowledge there is much grief . " Should we not rather endeavor to multiply these happy delusions than to clear them away ? If light discover nothing but " sights of wo , " had we not better remain in darkness ? My sick brother is ...
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... knowledge of the intellectual powers of the people that I describe . Do not naturalists rank the productions of nature agreeably to their locomotive powers ? The animal is more excellent than the vegetable ; why ? Because it is capable ...
... knowledge of the intellectual powers of the people that I describe . Do not naturalists rank the productions of nature agreeably to their locomotive powers ? The animal is more excellent than the vegetable ; why ? Because it is capable ...
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... knowledge was the parent of despair . Sometimes he employed himself in gather- ing together the glittering stones that may be found on the summit of the mountain : but the exertion , necessa- ry in this contemptible pursuit , was ...
... knowledge was the parent of despair . Sometimes he employed himself in gather- ing together the glittering stones that may be found on the summit of the mountain : but the exertion , necessa- ry in this contemptible pursuit , was ...
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... knowledge of the world . They soon dis- cover that there is but one thing needful . If they can ac- quire that , they will have every thing at command ; but if that be unattained , they will have nothing . Where are now the gay dreams ...
... knowledge of the world . They soon dis- cover that there is but one thing needful . If they can ac- quire that , they will have every thing at command ; but if that be unattained , they will have nothing . Where are now the gay dreams ...
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... knowledge ? Have men learned to con- quer disease , or retard the approaches of death ? Does their refinement give firmness and health to old age , or lengthen out the period of youth ? Are the mass of man- kind more benevolent , more ...
... knowledge ? Have men learned to con- quer disease , or retard the approaches of death ? Does their refinement give firmness and health to old age , or lengthen out the period of youth ? Are the mass of man- kind more benevolent , more ...
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alkahest amusement antient Apicius appear Aristippus attention become body character children of men Chotahowee christian civilized consequence contempt continued countenance CRITO damned delight desire devil dignity discover Doctor Johnson earth endeavor evil exertions existence eyes fathers favor feel filly folly Frank French revolution friendship Gabble give hand happiness hear heard heaven Hobah honor hope idea Jack Flash labor language laws long con luxury Lycurgus malignity manner mean ment mind miserable mountains multitude Muscogulgee nation nature necessity never object observed opinion orthoepy passions peace perceive philosophers Piomingo Plato pleasure poet Poison polished political Polydore portunity possessed prejudices pronunciation quakers Quassia refinement render republican rich savage Schoolmaster slavery slaves smiles society soul species spirit suppose talk thing thou thought tion vice virtue virtuous vitious warrior words
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Seite 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Seite 78 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men that were of old, men of renown.
Seite 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Seite 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Seite 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Seite 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Seite 301 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.
Seite 217 - For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.