Prose,Abraham Small. William Brown, printer, 1824 |
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Page 48
... honoured, if you see this, you need not be frightened, for you would not have been frightened if you had seen her : she was indeed two feet, perhaps a yard taller than herself, by a great bundle of harvest- gleanings which she carried ...
... honoured, if you see this, you need not be frightened, for you would not have been frightened if you had seen her : she was indeed two feet, perhaps a yard taller than herself, by a great bundle of harvest- gleanings which she carried ...
Page 64
... honour, which she utterly and abhorrently disavowed as soon as it was known. The decree, however, had gone forth, and the act was irrevocable : it need scarcely be added that the consequences have been as frightful as it was immediately ...
... honour, which she utterly and abhorrently disavowed as soon as it was known. The decree, however, had gone forth, and the act was irrevocable : it need scarcely be added that the consequences have been as frightful as it was immediately ...
Page 98
... honour, and the dignity of human nature, while they domineered over the multitude with the most tyrannous hypocrisy. , On the other hand, they perceived, that if the herd were thus to " know good and evil," yet, for lack of learning ...
... honour, and the dignity of human nature, while they domineered over the multitude with the most tyrannous hypocrisy. , On the other hand, they perceived, that if the herd were thus to " know good and evil," yet, for lack of learning ...
Page 103
... honour of the dead (of some age or other) were raised, bearing such inscriptions as the following: — " Death is eternal sleep ;" — " There is neither resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit;" with others equally pious and consolatory ...
... honour of the dead (of some age or other) were raised, bearing such inscriptions as the following: — " Death is eternal sleep ;" — " There is neither resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit;" with others equally pious and consolatory ...
Page 118
... honour among thieves," let the prudent reader judge, and shudder lest the imagined evil should ever become a real one in his own time. SECTION XI. Literature, BUT what was the literature of this age of reason ? In the first place the ...
... honour among thieves," let the prudent reader judge, and shudder lest the imagined evil should ever become a real one in his own time. SECTION XI. Literature, BUT what was the literature of this age of reason ? In the first place the ...
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