AddressesJoseph Griffin, printer, 1820 - 176 pages |
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Page iii
... occasions by President APPLETON , with regard to the importance , as well as the treatment , of their topics induced a very extensive desire for their publication ; with a view to secure their preservation in a more permanent form and ...
... occasions by President APPLETON , with regard to the importance , as well as the treatment , of their topics induced a very extensive desire for their publication ; with a view to secure their preservation in a more permanent form and ...
Page iv
... occasions . As a legacy either of affection or in- struction , it will probably not be rendered less acceptable , nor be deemed as requiring any apology , for being enriched with the Address delivered upon his inauguration , and what is ...
... occasions . As a legacy either of affection or in- struction , it will probably not be rendered less acceptable , nor be deemed as requiring any apology , for being enriched with the Address delivered upon his inauguration , and what is ...
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... occasions , to promote these important objects . With respect to religious opinions , he was the advocate of candour and inquiry . His own , the publick will soon have an opportunity of ascertaining from his theological writings . His ...
... occasions , to promote these important objects . With respect to religious opinions , he was the advocate of candour and inquiry . His own , the publick will soon have an opportunity of ascertaining from his theological writings . His ...
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... occasion . Upon this point it may be sufficient to suggest , that the interest , they actually excited , was apparently deep and intelli- gent in every portion of the audience . Something , no doubt , was owing to the fact , that the ...
... occasion . Upon this point it may be sufficient to suggest , that the interest , they actually excited , was apparently deep and intelli- gent in every portion of the audience . Something , no doubt , was owing to the fact , that the ...
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... occasion as this , I do not ask your attention ; for I know you will grant it . Permit me to hope , that your remembrance of what is said , and your practical regard to it , will be equal to the readiness , with which it is now heard ...
... occasion as this , I do not ask your attention ; for I know you will grant it . Permit me to hope , that your remembrance of what is said , and your practical regard to it , will be equal to the readiness , with which it is now heard ...
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Page 45 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 68 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 47 - When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Page 52 - A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Page 16 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing, they are lost, and rove At random, without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that sooths the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.
Page 95 - Father of light and life Thou good supreme O teach me what is good Teach me thyself Save me from folly vanity and vice , . From evry low pursuit and feed my soul With knowledge conscious peace and virtue pure Sacred substantial never fading bliss...
Page ii - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 109 - Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on his career.
Page 35 - ... when the Son of God shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired of all them that believe.
Page 91 - It borrows splendour from all that is fair, subordinates to itself all that is great, and sits enthroned on the riches of the universe.