The Twentieth Century, Volume 15Nineteenth Century and After, 1884 |
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... give our sovereign authority for the execution of the canal by the said company upon the conditions stipulated in this contract , as also to the regulation of all the accessories in terms of this contract and of the deeds and ...
... give our sovereign authority for the execution of the canal by the said company upon the conditions stipulated in this contract , as also to the regulation of all the accessories in terms of this contract and of the deeds and ...
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... give like grants be- cause he has already given one ? That is to say , is the commerce of the world to be blocked for eighty years in order that imaginary prin- ciples may be maintained which have no foundation in any prece- dent or ...
... give like grants be- cause he has already given one ? That is to say , is the commerce of the world to be blocked for eighty years in order that imaginary prin- ciples may be maintained which have no foundation in any prece- dent or ...
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... give the greater luster unto thoes that are contrary to them , or to shew the illnesse of their natures , as marks that men should beware of them ? How blind a sottishnesse is it , not to see and distinguish of beauty , and what a ...
... give the greater luster unto thoes that are contrary to them , or to shew the illnesse of their natures , as marks that men should beware of them ? How blind a sottishnesse is it , not to see and distinguish of beauty , and what a ...
Page 66
... give delight to a wise man . How great an ignorance is this ! Socrates learnt his phylosophy from Pictinna : though ' shee receaved hir first principles from him , shee grew soe excellent as to be able to teach hir master , whoe was ...
... give delight to a wise man . How great an ignorance is this ! Socrates learnt his phylosophy from Pictinna : though ' shee receaved hir first principles from him , shee grew soe excellent as to be able to teach hir master , whoe was ...
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... give farmers who still possessed a little money a motive to spend it in employment ; but it was opposed by Lord John Russell , and rejected by a large majority . A Famine Conference in Dublin , so thronged with magnates that rank and ...
... give farmers who still possessed a little money a motive to spend it in employment ; but it was opposed by Lord John Russell , and rejected by a large majority . A Famine Conference in Dublin , so thronged with magnates that rank and ...
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Page 345 - And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Page 341 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things...
Page 772 - Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things And battles long ago; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again?
Page 413 - But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
Page 834 - He makes the figs our mouths to meet And throws the melons at our feet; But apples plants of such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice.
Page 667 - Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : Why then should we desire to be deceived?
Page 147 - From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue ; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging thro...
Page 12 - Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the ONE absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Page 345 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 670 - For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return : a consumption is determined, overflowing with righteousness.