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Page 68
... judgment . His temperament was cautious to a fault . Lord Claren- don , after admitting his great parts and his honour and fidelity to the King , repre- sents him as rather a speculative than a practical man 68 Jan. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY .
... judgment . His temperament was cautious to a fault . Lord Claren- don , after admitting his great parts and his honour and fidelity to the King , repre- sents him as rather a speculative than a practical man 68 Jan. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY .
Page 69
sents him as rather a speculative than a practical man , who expected a greater certitude in the consultation of business than the business of this world is capable of , and complains of the staggering and irresolution of his nature ...
sents him as rather a speculative than a practical man , who expected a greater certitude in the consultation of business than the business of this world is capable of , and complains of the staggering and irresolution of his nature ...
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... practical intellect would probably have discovered some more effectual remedy ; but he fell before a conspiracy of greed and vengeance , and a crisis among the gravest crises in human history was abandoned for guid- ance to the purblind ...
... practical intellect would probably have discovered some more effectual remedy ; but he fell before a conspiracy of greed and vengeance , and a crisis among the gravest crises in human history was abandoned for guid- ance to the purblind ...
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... practical commentary on this opinion , two ships of the American navy sailed into Dublin Bay laden with corn , the gift of the American people to Ireland . That nothing might be wanting in the completeness of the refutation , one of ...
... practical commentary on this opinion , two ships of the American navy sailed into Dublin Bay laden with corn , the gift of the American people to Ireland . That nothing might be wanting in the completeness of the refutation , one of ...
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... practical Irishmen , Unionists or Repealers , was disregarded , and the rates spent in complete contempt of the wishes of those who had to pay them . Dr. Whately is said to have likened the new policy to the expedient of granting a ...
... practical Irishmen , Unionists or Repealers , was disregarded , and the rates spent in complete contempt of the wishes of those who had to pay them . Dr. Whately is said to have likened the new policy to the expedient of granting a ...
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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.