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... society that the IM- PERIAL MAGAZINE was first expected to find readers ; and in their calculations , the conductors of this work have not been deceived . The circulation has extended to three quarters of the globe , has contributors to ...
... society that the IM- PERIAL MAGAZINE was first expected to find readers ; and in their calculations , the conductors of this work have not been deceived . The circulation has extended to three quarters of the globe , has contributors to ...
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... Society , the Naval and Military , Proceedings of , | Dancing , Strictures on , vindicated , 163 , 265 , Davy , Sir Humphry , Memoir of , Deliverance , an Extraordinary , Delicacy necessary in performing Acts of Kindness , Crucifix and ...
... Society , the Naval and Military , Proceedings of , | Dancing , Strictures on , vindicated , 163 , 265 , Davy , Sir Humphry , Memoir of , Deliverance , an Extraordinary , Delicacy necessary in performing Acts of Kindness , Crucifix and ...
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... society . A prosperity like that which has crowned this institution , during the period we have had the happiness and honour to be acquainted with it , cannot have failed to inspire every friend of sci- liant period , than that , in ...
... society . A prosperity like that which has crowned this institution , during the period we have had the happiness and honour to be acquainted with it , cannot have failed to inspire every friend of sci- liant period , than that , in ...
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... society still prosper ! Like the tree , deep - rooted and well watered , may it still flourish ; per- fuming the air with its fragrance , adorning the earth with its verdure , and benefiting the world by its fruit ! May it never want ...
... society still prosper ! Like the tree , deep - rooted and well watered , may it still flourish ; per- fuming the air with its fragrance , adorning the earth with its verdure , and benefiting the world by its fruit ! May it never want ...
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... society , an ornament - it their two extremities , we will note chastens vice - it guides virtue - it down the following differences of gives at once a grace and an ornament geocentric longitude of these two to genius . Without it what ...
... society , an ornament - it their two extremities , we will note chastens vice - it guides virtue - it down the following differences of gives at once a grace and an ornament geocentric longitude of these two to genius . Without it what ...
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Page 985 - For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 445 - And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT.
Page 147 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 45 - Master will do more work than both his Hands ; and again, Want of Care does us more damage than want of Knowledge ; and again, Not to oversee Workmen is to leave them your Purse open. Trusting too much to others...
Page 745 - In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention, all other intellectual gratifications are rejected, the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood, whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth. By degrees the reign of fancy is confirmed ; she grows first imperious, and in time despotic. Then fictions begin to operate as realities, false opinions fasten upon the mind, and life passes in dreams of rapture...
Page 497 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 745 - DISORDERS of intellect," answered Imlac, " happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness no human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at bis command.
Page 45 - Strong feeling is naturally contagious ; and if, as the wise man observes, as ' iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend...
Page 205 - Origen* has with singular sagacity observed, that he who believes the Scripture to have proceeded from him who is the Author of Nature, may well expect to find the same sort of difficulties in it, as are found in the constitution of Nature.
Page 197 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.